Mekong River

Tales of Slowboats and Mahouts in Laos

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January 23rd 2008
It was Jan. 7th as we walked down a dusty hill in Chiang Khong, Thailand, to the side of the famous Mekong River, to climb into a small boat and cross the river to the Laos side of the border. The water was surprisingly dark and murky, and we wondered how deep it really was, trying not to fall in with our packs strapped to our backs. We carefully climbed into the tipsy little river boat and in fiv ... 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