Cultural centre.

Big city life!! We dont think so. This is Vientiene

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June 30th 2006
So we headed to the bus station in Vang Vieng, for our expected 9:00am bus. The bus station was in fact was an old airstrip that the Americans used when they were doing their bombing raids back in the 70s. The bus ride to the capital city of Laos was rather uneventful really, the scenery not as nice as our last one. Needless to say it was still nice viewing as we steadily headed down to Vientiene ... 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