On the road

Phonsavan & Kong Lo

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March 28th 2008
There is only one reason to visit Phonsavan - the Plain Of Jars. So with the room at Nice Hotel sorted we booked a tour for the following day. Nobody is quite sure what the jars are for or how they got there. There are various theories, following the discovery of bones at some of the sites our guide was firmly backing the cemetery theory. Didn't quite add up for me, I'm in the "People were bo ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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