Blue monks

Laos brought to you in Technicolour

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August 3rd 2007
Luang Prebang -> Phonsavan -> Vang Vien -> Ventiane Okay, so Laos, well the first thing that hits you, as you stumble off the 29 hour, hot, DVT inducing bus ride, which you will spend with feet wrapped cosily in bundles of wire (until you are all herded off the bus for two hours whilst the wire is offloaded in some random middle-of-nowhere factory) is the colour. It's almost obscene. T ... 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