Merry Christmas

The Start of our Journey through Laos

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December 19th 2008
We wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It truly is not the same being away, but it is special in its own way. We are lucky to have each other and the company of a friend we met in Hanoi 2 months ago, Winnie (from the Netherlands). We had a great Christmas dinner at a bar in Luang Prabang called Lao Lao Gardens, definitely not a traditional Christmas Dinner, but we can at least ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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