Lunch Stop

(Day 8) Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng

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May 1st 2011
Not in great form after my bday party last night; but not as bad as I had expected. Lucky for me my body needed some rest and for the first time we were spending almost a full day on the coach which we hadn’t really done yet. The drive was through very lush, turny, bumpy roads. I tried to sleep at the back of the bus but it didn’t happen. We had a lunch stop at a beautiful lookout spot. I ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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