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Leaving the Mountains

Heading into the plains


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Lao or Laotian  Flag 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]
Blog: The Journey to Phonsovan
Date: August 13th 2010

So it wasn't quite one day. Nobody had expected what the roads would be like. We should have known better really. I mean the steep and winding road from the border to Xam Nuea made for an interesting ride, but this. This was something different altogether. It was a beautiful day for riding. Sunny, with a bit of cloud cover. We started relatively early and it was already warm enough that you di ... read more


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Tot: 0.104s; Tpl: 0.006s; cc: 8; qc: 40; dbt: 0.0284s; 1; s:apollo w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 6.4mb