Cat listening to the craic

Goodbye Laos

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November 9th 2006
Well my last 3 days in Laos were spent in the capitol Vientiane. This town was the least impressive place i have visited so far. There are a few nice temples to see(but i think im over dosing on temples now) and a beautiful sunset on the Mekong river but thats about it. For a capitol the streets a very quiet but the roads, like in all of Laos, are old, bumpy and would make moon buggying feel like ... 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