our van to the bus

Onward to the 4,000 Islands, Laos

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January 23rd 2011
Boy, that was close. I woke up at 5:33 and realized we had missed our bus! Ronald sprang into action and went to the front desk and I packed up my bag. We were lucky and a tuk tuk driver was waiting for us about 5 minutes later and took us not too far away where a van was waiting with people in almost every seat and all of the bags waiting on the sidewalk to be loaded. At about 6:15 everyone wa ... 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