Walk to Dinner

Champasak to Don Det

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June 11th 2006
We left Vietienne on a relatively comfortable bus for an overnight trip to Pakse. Once in Pakse, we were encountered with a decision of where to go (because Pakse in itself does not offer much). We teamed up with another couple to head to a small town called Champasak. The tourist sight in Champasak is an Angkor-style temple - Wat Phu. The temple was nice but not the best we had seen. Nonethe ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Si Phan Don

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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