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Day 9 - Vang Vieng - Laos

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October 21st 2009
Day 9 - Vang Vieng Today we caught what felt like the worlds longest bus ride to Vang Vieng. We got the wrong bus, it was not the express like we thought so we had to make a few stops on the way......... It ended up taking around 5 hours. It was jam packed and had no air conditioning. I was sweating like I had just run a marathon. We were both fortunate that our stomachs had recovered enough to ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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