Luang Probang

Laos

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November 8th 2007
We decided to fork out and fly to Luang Probang as the 6 hours on a minibus and 7 hours on a longtail/speedboat quite honestly looked terrifying! We stayed in Luang Probang two nights - a really lovely and quiet little town with french architecture and right on the Mekong river. Spent one day on some mountain bikes and cycled round the town looking at the temples. That night we bumped into a fe ... 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