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From: Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

Lao or Laotian  Flag 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]
Blog: Waterfalls, Bears and Buddha
Date: November 10th 2008

It is approximately 200km from Luang Nam That to Luang Prabang; in Laos this means 11 hours in a rickety death bus. Eventually though after around 4 near misses (that I saw), the roof leaking during a storm and a crazy girl sitting in front of us; we made it to Luang Prabang. The town of Luang Prabang is a UNESCO world heritage site which for us originally meant that our bus was not able to ge ... read more


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