"You're Staying All Alone? Do You Want Someone to Stay With You?" - Sayabouri, Laos
June 4th 2008 After about a week in Vientiane, it was almost time to get back home to Luang Prabang. But first, I thought I’d make a brief stop in Sayabouri/Sayabouli/Xayabouri/Xayabouli, a town Northwest of Vientiane, with at least four commonly accepted spellings.
Arriving at the bus terminal in Vientiane at 4 PM, I learned the bus had been cancelled due to lack of customers, but the next bus at 6 would l
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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 
