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Northern Laos - Gibbon Experience

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April 25th 2012
I finally met up with my two friends from London and we crossed over the border into Laos. Surprisingly this was the fastest border crossing I have done so far. The whole thing only took 20 minutes and to make things even better, Germans pay $5 less for their Laos visas than English people. Ha! And we didn't get ripped off. We went straight to the booking office of the Gibbon Experience ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Huay Xai

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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