Tubing in Vang Vieng

Paradise Found: Laos

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August 20th 2007
Appropriately, our farewell journey in Vietnam was a 23-hour bus trip from Hanoi to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. We crossed the border and shouted with glee as we walked into a new, supposedly much friendlier country, fingers crossed. I never knew before that Laos actually sustained far more bombing than Vietnam during the Vietnam war, and around 25 per cent of all bombs dropped on the c ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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