River at sunset

Monks on the run

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December 14th 2008
Onward and upward was our motto for the last two weeks before Christmas - thanks to some poor planning on our part we had to make it to Bangkok to catch a flight back to Phnom Phen, Cambodia for Christmas. We hustled on to Vientiane and spend a couple of days exploring the city by bike. It was then onto Luang Prabang by night bus with the intention of staying there for a few days before heading ba ... read more

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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