Laos Border Crossing

Go up the stairs, jump 2 times, touch your nose, go back down, touch your feet with your huge backpack on, go up the hill, turn in five cirlces, stand on one foot with all your bags and don't fall over-because it's Friday and if you fall you pay $5 and wait until tomorrow to get into Laos---ok so it wasn't THAT bad.

sLoW bOaT-TuBiNg-AnD tRaVeL sHeNaNiGaNs oF LaOs!!!

December 3rd 2008
So I believe I left off in Thailand-wow-so this is a delayed blog but at least I’m getting there. I left Chiang Mai in the morning. A minibus(which is basically a minivan) picked me up from my hotel and we wondered up several little streets gathering the other travelers on their way to Laos. The entire ride to the border was a rollercoaster. We passed cars when it was probably advisable not to, ... read more

Asia » Laos

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

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