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Vientiane



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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]
Blog: Two days in Paris and an in-Seine Valentine's on the Mekong
Date: May 7th 2012

We travelled on with Sam and Matt to Vientiane, the capital. We had heard there wasn’t much going on there, and after spending<span><span><span><span>two days there we would have to agree. We spent our time, for a change, you guessed it, checking out temples and sites. The main street is reputedly modelled on France’s Champs Elysees with the Patouxi monument, at its end ... read more


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