Border Crossing to Laos

Journey to Laos - Mekong River Trek

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March 8th 2008
Journey to Laos - Mekong River (Josh Photos to come) 14th Feb: Turns out there is a couple of ways to get to Laos from Thailand - air, boat or road. We chose the boat which was a 3 day mission along the river Mekong (flight was 1 hr apparently...our way was more fun). Didn’t get much sleep the night before but packed up and got on the minibus. Met two girls from another hostel who got o ... 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