Luang Prabang temples

Laos: Land of 'laxing out

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September 12th 2010
Luang Prabang We opted to fly from Hanoi to Luang Prabang in Laos, mostly as we had heard nightmare stories about the overland trip there and 24 hours on a bus didn't particularly appeal. The flight on Vietnam airlines was straight forward, no tropical storms to fly through this time thankfully. We got some guesthouse recommendations at the airport then paid the fixed 50,000kip ... 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