Mekong Sunset

Every Day Is Like Sunday

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March 10th 2008
We arrived in Vientiane via an overnight bus from Bangkok. It took us little time to adjust to the Laos pace of things. On the first day we hired bikes and toured a few sights before settling down by the Mekong River for sunset and the first few BeerLao of the trip. It's as good as I'd heard it would be and so cheap it is hardly worth buying soft drinks. The following day we dropped in at the Vi ... read more

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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