Making flower offerings

Loving Land Locked Laos

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February 17th 2006
I had visited Laos 6 years ago, and really wanted to bring Jane to see this amazing land. From the moment you change up your 100 pounds travellers cheque (there are no cashpoints in Laos), and get given 1,800,000 kip in 20,000 kip notes (the largest denomination), 90 notes in all - you know that you are in for an adventure. Crossing into Laos from westernised Thailand, over the Mekong River and ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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