Another larger boat on the Mekong River

The Usefulness of the French and other curious behavior

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February 18th 2010
Tuesday, 01/26/10 We had booked two different tours for this day through the same agent. The first was an 8:30-1:00 tour by boat to a whisky making village and the Pak Ou caves famous for their many Buddha statues. The second was a 1:30-5:00 tour by minivan to the Kuang Si waterfall and another local village. We knew booking the two tours might be cutting it fine, but we figured since it was th ... 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