The Guys

Short stop in the capital of nowhere

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August 7th 2005
Vientiane!? What happens? There is nothing here! It's a street... with a couple of Tuk-tuks... and a restaurant or two... and that's...about...it! We're heading down to Si Pan Don- or the Four Thousand Islands tonight, which should be nice. It's near the Cambodian border where the Mekong is 14 KM WIDE, and is split up with... surprise surprise... Four Thousand Islands! (i think it's a lie, it does ... 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