Our ride to the river

Vang Vieng: Tube down the river during the day and catch up on every episode of Friends you've ever missed at night

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March 23rd 2009
As I started to write this blog (which is backdated by a couple months), I decided to look at the Wikpedia description of Vang Vieng just for curiosity's sake. At the end of the entry, under the "See also" section was a hyperlink to "Banana Pancake Trail." That name made me chuckle to myself, because I think that Courtney and I have definitely been on that trail once or twice and we certainly in ... read more

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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