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Me & the Monks!!  
   

Me & the Monks!!

they wanted to know just as much about me as I did about them.
A strangly calm asian capital city

October 25th 2006
After a 12 hour train ride, 2 hours at the border and another hour on the road or so we finally made it somewhere. Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world. I heard it was awesome here but I was kind of expecting the worst. Right away it was evident that Laos had far less money than Thailand. Their roads aren't paved, most houses are unfinished etc etc. During the ride I was beginning ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

Lao or Laotian Flag 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
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