PG632 from Bangkok

A Real Jewel

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June 30th 2006
Hello ! This entry is coming to you from our second country on this trip ! We left Lopburi yesterday morning, waking at six in the morning in order to catch the 7.07 to Bangkok Airport. We walked from our hotel to the railway station (only about 500 metres) and got some breakfast snacks to sustain us on the train journey. The station was already busy, mainly with schoolchildren, all in their pr ... 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