Bangkok-Hanoi 200606A

Bangkok-Hanoi

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June 20th 2006
After the most amazing banana pancakes, covered in chocolate syrup for breakfast (curiously served with salad - what the???), a bunch of us hired pushies & set off exploring. We found our way to a cave about 6km away, which we discovered required a 50m climb almost straight up before we arrived at the entrance. There was cool Buddah shrine inside & behind it the cave continued on for a few hundre ... 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