Don Det

A Hammocky Merry Christmas!

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December 26th 2009
And so from Pakse we headed back south to Si Phan Don (or Four Thousand Islands, on the Cambodian border) for a Christmas so far removed from what either of us had experienced before ....and swiftly sinking in to a hammock induced slumber for four days. We arrived on boxing day, getting a wooden boat from the bus drop off point to Don Det, the 'livelier' of the settlements in Si Phan Don. The sh ... 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