White handed Gibbon

Chapter Five - Ketchup - Part Two: Days 17 & 18, Khao Yai National Park.

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December 25th 2005
We caught a train from Ayutthaya to Pak Chong; 2nd class this time, which is quite swish, they even feed you!. In my correspondence with the guesthouse we were to stay at, my contact had called himself the Birdman, so we were pretty psyched to see what would be waiting for us at the train station. Stuart was pretty sure it would be a bloke in a lycra leotard and cape. We were to be disappoi ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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