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Laos - Vang Vieng

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July 27th 2008
We arrived here by mini bus, the road wasnt too bad, it had been closed for 2 days with the amount of rain we had, there had been several land slides, but no one was hurt. Vang Vieng had great scenery of green mountains and the Nam Song River where you can go tubing! but for the town its very backpacker heaven and not very nice to look at and stay for long. Sue didnt want to go tubing, so w ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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