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A Sleepy Riverside Town

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August 16th 2010
Luang Prabang is certainly that. The main area of the town is where two large rivers combine, the Mekong and the Nam Khan. As the rivers get closer to each other, the town gets slimmer and slimmer until it ends in a small peninsula. Our welcome was unfriendly as we were pulled over at the very edge of town, about 12km outside the city. We were asked for our titles to the bikes, which we happil ... 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