Sunset at the Mekong

LUANG PRABANG & VIENTIANE

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March 31st 2012
Luang Prabang The journey was fine although as with all night buses I barely slept and arrived to my destination like a zombie. The bus was half empty which helped a lot though. It was a full 12 hours before arriving to Luang Prabang with no movies to watch and no countryside to gaze at once it went dark. It was a "VIP" bus but I guess in Laos VIPs don't need to piss as there ... 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