Mekong village

Luang Prabang

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February 10th 2008
Luang Prabang is a lovely town with a French colonial feel about it. We stayed in a hotel a 5 minute tuk tuk ride from the centre and spent 3 days in total chilling out in the town, having massages for $3, seeing the temples, sampling the local food, banana shakes and of course beer loas!. The waterfall was amazing and about an hours truck ride away. They had a small zoo with a tiger and local ... 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