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The Plain of Jars

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March 6th 2010
Friday, 01/29/10 When the sun finally came up and chased the vampires away I got up, took a lukewarm shower and we hightailed it out of Kong Keo. We found a very nice guesthouse on the main street, aptly named The Nice Guesthouse, and dropped off our things before finding the van for our day tour to the Plain of Jars. The jars are funerary urns, some nearly 2000 years old and are scattered all ... read more

Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan

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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