French built boulevards in Vientiane.

Vientiane to Laos/Cambodian Border

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December 29th 2008
Yes this is about 12 nights overdue but we have just been going from one place to another fairly quickly or have been in places where internet has been expensive so we never got around to writing this entry. I'll also say this entry will be fairly compact as if we did this in full detail we would be here for many many hours. Following the last blog, we arrived in Vientiane from Vang Vieng (45, ... read more

Asia » Laos » South

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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