Offering the Monks a bit of Sticky Rice

Laos

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December 2nd 2008
Sunday the 30th I took a tuk-tuk to changmai airport and caught my flight out of Thailand to Luang Prabang in the north west of Laos. Luang Prabang is situated in the middle of jungle covered mountains on the Mekong river. I got off the plane and the first think I realised was I didnt have enough money to buy my visa so I had to borrow a couple of dollars of a scottish couple that were on the p ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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