Hills

Boat Rides And Multilingual Birds

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July 14th 2006
My Lonely planet is well and truly packed away, where it will remain until it gets placed on my bookshelf at home. In my bid for freedom I find myself on a boat with 9 other backpackers, 4 of which at any one time during the 7 hour journey can be found reading the f*****g lonely planet. But Im happy. Im on a boat going up river, and its stunning. At times the water was churned up white by th ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Nong Khiaw

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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