Vientiane

Unpredictable Laos - the North

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January 13th 2009
After two weeks on the remote Island in Thailand we were ready to continue our travel up north through Thailand into Laos. We decided to pass through the rest of Thailand as quickly as possible as we were keen to spend more time in Laos. Within 36 hours we traveled with speedboat, minibus, plane, bus, overnight-train and tuktuk to the friendship bridge connecting the city of Nong Khai in Thailand ... read more

Asia » Laos » East » Plain of Jars

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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