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real update from Vang Vieng

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January 28th 2010
Hello everyone! So, after our trekking adventures in Chiang Mai we went east to the border town of Chiang Khong, where we crossed the Mekong into Laos. We went north from the border to a small town called Luang Nam Tha, where we did some trekking into the Nam Ha National Protected Area. It was quite a bit better than our Chiang Mai tour, as it was 3 days of hiking through lush jungle. We had a bl ... 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