Slowboating Down the Mekong! Photo 11

Slowboating Down the Mekong!

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February 25th 2009
From the border control, we hopped aboard the slow boat...a large, long and low wooden boat! For some reason the Laos men saw fit to give the VIP seats to Laura, Emelie, Nicole and I! Julien sat with us too and soon we made some new English friends! This was our group for our trip in Laos...such fun times! The landscape along the way was amazing...the river is vast! Later in the afternoon we ha ... 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