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Vientiane

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December 14th 2010
Seeing as how Ronald caught the bad mojo and was sick last night, today was a take-it-easy kind of day. We walked to a spa (I wanted to get my underarms waxed - 40,000 kip), to a pool, and to lunch. We also went to see the statue of the old king that is in the middle of two converging roads. We watched people burn incense and put up some flowers before walking back towards our part of the town to ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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