Paul with his torch...

Vang Vieng - A week with Friends

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April 11th 2012
For those of you who don't know Vang Vieng is famous in the backpacker scene for tubing down the Namsong River and watching Friends in all the bars. The scenery here was just gorgeous with the mountain range behind the river so to explore first we went kayaking (after enjoying it so much in Don Det). This was much more tame and started with us tubing through a water cave, sat on the tubes pull ... 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