Luang Prabang

Sunset from the top of Mount Phousi in the centre of Luang Prabang. Funnily enough we had to climb about 300 steps straight up (literally..they are pretty steep steps) to get there...and because we were in a hurry to get back to the night market from the other side of the mountain later on, we climbed up and back in pitch black, with Robert leading the charge and only the light of my mobile phone to guide us! The things some of us do to go shopping....

Life in Vientiane

December 3rd 2005
Hello again! So...I would say nothing exciting has happened in my first few weeks as I have actually been working quite a bit...but...as predicted strange things do happen to me. More on that later I guess. Finally you can see some of the photos from my previous blog after I arrived and there are a few others as well..... I headed up to Luang Prabang for my first weekend here. Geraldine (CAR ... 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

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