The Fast Boat

The Definative Guide to The Slow Boat to Louang Prabang

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December 16th 2009
We had been concerned about how to get a slow boat down the river. The Thais said boats went from their side, we should be there at 8.00 the next morning and pay them the £4 to go down the river including getting a Laos visa. All untrue! The guidebooks are not clear and when you arrive at the river on the Thai side there are many fellow travellers hanging round, confused and asking each other ... 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