Southern Swing

The Motor Bike Cruise

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July 27th 2008
The Southern Swing Nibby- We arrived in Pakse and Matt had somehow managed to talk me into doing a 5-6 day motorbike tour around the southern area. We spent the first night in a posh hotel called Champasak Palace Hotel because we only needed to take small bags with us on our bike tour rather than our big packs and thought they would be safe to leave them here (great excuse to have a posh hotel ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Pakxe

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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