Food offerings through the bus window

Interesting journeys and 'Tubing it' down the Mekong

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April 2nd 2008
I left Chiang Mai to make my way accross the border into Laos to meet Afra and Wiz; 2 of the girls I had done my project with. The journey seemed pretty straight forward, a flight to Udon Thani and then an hours bus ride to the border, cross the border and meet the girls the other side, in Vientianne. Getting to Vientianne was the easy part. Basically my phone decided to work sporadically and I co ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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