Hooves & Things

Luxury and Leisure: Eating

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April 3rd 2008
After my three days of consuming what I've come to affectionately call as "pond" and my one exceptional night market soup, I wasn't quite sure what to make of Lao cuisine. However, what I found in Luang Prabang is a culinary paradise brimming with creature comforts. A town of approximately 100,000 residents, Luang Prabang was the royal capital of Laos until the communist takeover in 1975. It s ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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