Temple ruins

Champasak

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July 28th 2006
Champasak is only a 90 minute bus ride South of Pakse. However, the journey was elongated by the driver insisting on waiting 3 hours until he deicided that the bus was full enough to warrant him removing himself from the nearby noodle stand. Champasak is a quiet and pretty one street town (literally). That one street is actually more of a dirt track but it is bounded by the river on one side ... 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