Waiting at Boat Stop

By boat to Luang Prabang

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December 30th 2007
Sunday December, 30th 2007 After many hesitations, I've chosen to take the boat to Luang Prabang. It's a 2-day journey on the Mekong river. The boat is slowly starting to fill up. Some slightly too large wooden benches are hastily replaced by smaller ones to accommodate (or rather pack up) more passengers. The diversity of the passengers is amazing: an old French couple, an Australian fa ... 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