Crowded bus!!

Day 36 - 37: Vientiane

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May 8th 2010
The trip to Vientiane was a fairly easy one! It's only a 3 hour drive or so, what seemed to take longer was rounding up the passengers just to drop us a few minutes walk from where we started...a laughing point for much of the journey. We even managed to suss out where we were as we arrived...so no need for a tuk tuk we set off in the direction of a guest house we'd read about. After a short walk. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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