Nam Kiaw

sabaidee......welcome to Laos Laos!

---

March 21st 2010
Crossing the border into Laos proved to be easier than expected which is always a welcomed surprise, litterally a 3 min long tail boat ride accross the river and we were there!! Now it was the rest of the journey to our destination of Vang Vieng that would be interresting....Chris and I jumped on our local bus and started the very windy, bumpy, thai pop music blaring, and honking of the horn with ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

---

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