Bleedin' Stairs

Old-Fashioned Asia

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May 20th 2006
Flying over Laos, coming in to land at Luang PraBang airport, you’d swear you had actually been in a time machine rather than a normal aeroplane. It looks like a gentle version of the scenery as they flew over Jurassic Park (though without the dinosaurs) - millions of trees, extremely lush and verdant bushes and plants I have never seen before. The runway suddenly appeared amongst all this, whic ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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