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Vientiane, Laos......the Capitol City

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February 7th 2009
We arrived in Vientiane via bus, it was about a 4 hour ride and went by rather quickly. We got dropped off right by the history museum but first things first, we needed to find a guest house. The first few that we found in our Lonely Planet book were ridiculously overpriced so we continued on. We roamed the streets for awhile until we found a little dorm style place charging 20,000 kip per nigh ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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