On a Slow Boat Down Mekong River

The slow boats used to be the only way of transporting cargo/produce between villages but now there’s sufficient income from tourists that the boats are kitted with wooden benches. We’d heard that the benches are very hard hence Fi and I had no hesitation in buying cushions, Terry of course didn’t bother so thankfully we got some soft seats.

Laos

November 15th 2008
So here we are about to leave Australia for the third time and tomorrow set off to Quito, getting ready to learn Spanish and how to sway hips to those amazing rhythms. Many thanks to everyone for your comments and updates from home, which are all so well received. Laos We left home seventeen months ago but in our blog we’re still back in November and deep in Asia a ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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