The Upper Cave

Taken For a Ride...

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August 20th 2007
So we spent our last day in Laos doing one of the most populat touristy things, we went to the Pak Ou caves. It is basically two caves on the edge of the Mekokg River and they are only accessible by boat. It is some kind of shrine and there are hundreds of buddah images everywhere. We got the mini-bus early in the morning with only two other people on our tour and headed foir the caves. On the way ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more