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In the jungle the mighty jungle...

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October 14th 2008
Early start to our day, began pretty disasterously when the alarm didn't go off.. a bit of a rush in which a few item got left behind but we made it in the nick of time. And so began a long windey journey through the mountains-a couple of hours to get to the border and about half an hour to get through the border but with newly aquired visas in hand we continued on with the bulk of our journey to ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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