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ViengKham

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January 18th 2009
"130000 kip to SamNeua", I then asked how much to ViengTong, the answer from inside the box was 110000. "What!" I spat out. There was almost 160km in between the 2 places, what a rip off, so I paid the 25000 kip and stop at ViengKham instead yesterday. A small village spread from both side of the highway with the river run parallel on the left. Although there was a bus station, but it doesn't see ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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