Heading off to our boat...

Phousi Fever

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November 14th 2007
We awoke on our third day in Laos to embark on our journey with Ta, our guide, who came highly recommended from one of Billy’s fellow Fodorites (the Fodor’s message board users that are nearly as obsessed with traveling Southeast Asia as he.) Ta picked us up at around 8:30 at our hotel and we got about 10 minutes through town before we had to check to see if our laundry was ready. It wasn’ ... 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