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Luang Prabang

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August 26th 2006
For a country with the reputation as the most bombed nation on earth, Laos is certainly the most beautiful. Our bus ride ("bus" being a generous term; minivan is more apt) from Vang Vieng was both terrifying and breathtaking. The ride was six hours up a mist and jungle-covered mountain, around winding, twisty narrow roads with no guard rails and only our driver's expertise to keep us from skidding ... read more

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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