Luang Prabang market

Lazy Laos

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December 10th 2009
Hello Back online now after struggling to get a network in Loas! We crossed the mighty Mekong river from Thailand to the Laos border (if you can call it that) then got on a very slow boat down river. And we mean slow, it took 2 days to get where we were going. There must have been a good 100 people on board all perched on tiny wooden benches. Unfortunately the guys sitting next to us managed to ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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