The engine

Down the Mekong....

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January 4th 2011
The trip from Huey Xai to Luang Prabang by "slow boat" takes 2 days - compared to the speed and noise of the fishermen seen along the river, the expression seems preposterous: our modernized junk-boat carries from 80 to 120 people. Its shape long and slender, its single aisle, a wooden roof and open windows, rows and rows of what used to be car seats, an exposed truck engine roaring in the back, m ... 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