Vietnam/Laos Border

The long road from Sa Pa to Vang Vieng

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December 11th 2008
Hi Everyone We finally made it into Laos after a lot of travelling! Last time we wrote we were in Sa Pa in Northern Vietnam. We left the next morning at 7:30 for Dien Bien Phu in the midst of extremly thick fog. We spent about 9 hours driving along extremly windy roads with steep drop offs on the side. We knew when we had to stop for the first landslide which had blocked the road that it was ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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