Tubing! The scene of the missing shoes

Shoeless

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April 7th 2009
Thought we’d give you a quick update on the past few weeks in Laos… As you know, we did southern Laos on our bikes and we loved it so much that we thought we’d come and see northern Laos too. It’s more developed than the south and consequently gets more tourists so we’ve been more like regular backpackers since the last update. We crossed the Thai-Loas border at Houay Xay and got a sl ... 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