Wading to the cave...

Motorcycle Diaries

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September 10th 2008
Tha Khaek was to be our base from which to visit the surrounding sights and provinces, and what better way to do this than to hire a motorbike (Dirt bike would have been so much better, but not available here) for 4 days and tootle off into the sunset with a few provisions and a hand drawn scribble of a map! Dan - Day 1 (Tha Khaek - Ban Tha Long) Up awake and excited we left our backpacks wi ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Tha Khaek

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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