In one of the caves that the Lao were forced to live in during the war

April 28th 2008
On the bus ride to Luang Prabang I met a bunch of people who were getting off the bus in a town about half way there, spending a few nights and then taking a boat down to Luang Prabang. It sounded a lot better than staying on that bus for another four hours so I jumped off with them. We ended up being pleasantly surprised by the scenery in the town, Nong Khiaw, which I had heard nothing about. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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

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Brett

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Welcome to my blog, which I wrote during my around the world trip from September 2007 to August 2008. After graduating from college, I worked for a year and saved. This along with the money I made from working in New Zealand got me through a year of traveling. My initial travel plans were just for New Zealand, but after hearing so many stories about where others have been and also just catching a bit of a travel bug I decided to make stops in South East Asia, Nepal and South America as well. ... full info

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