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Vang Viene By Aishling

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April 6th 2008
So up nice and early on Wednesday to get our bus to Vang Viene, and i have to say the "5 hour VIP bus with air con, toilet, lunch & a movie" was not all it was cracked up to be!! It was more like 8 hours, the toilet was leaking & everyone was puking, there was no movie.......we did stop for lunch tho!! Definitely a trip we won't be repeating! The roads are shocking bad over here and so so narrow a ... read more

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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