Stupa

Buddhist countries have many stupas. This is the biggest one in the whole Luang Nam Tha province I think. I was later told that it had been destroyed in the Indochina war in the 70's. It was still looking unfinished after being rebuilt.

Off the beaten track

May 4th 2008
Leaving Luang Prabang to go explore the far Northern reaches of Laos was more difficult than I imagined it would be. For the last couple weeks I have been wanting to get away from the cities and find some more remote areas of Asia. On my first real opportunity to do that I have decided to go North from Luang Prabang rather than a more typical Southern backpacker route. However getting on the bus t ... read more

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha

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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