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Bangkok-Hanoi

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June 19th 2006
Time to leave our little paradise of Luang Prabang on a long & windy bus ride through opium country to Vang Vieng. Although it was a long travelling day, the kids along the way helped it to be very memorable. Many of them would wave furiously at the bus as it passed by, like they had never seen foreigners before - very cute! Although quite small, Vang Vieng itself has a magnificent backdrop of lim ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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