Arc de Triumph?

Sacrebleu!

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March 20th 2008
From Nong Khai to Vientiane was only a short journey, crossing the Mekong, over the Friendship Bridge. Vientiane is the Laos capital, but it’s population is just about 250,000. Laos has one of the lowest population densities in the world and, later, whilst traveling through it’s mountainous heartlands, it was easy for me to see why. Nevertheless, the city is lively, bustling with tourists and ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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