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South East Asia

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July 9th 2012
It has come to my attention that I have again, been neglecting my blog so here is hopefully a fairly accurate account of the last month. So I last blogged in Cuzco just before starting the Inca trail. The morning we left it was raining, which actually was not a bad thing as it meant that we had cooler weather to trek in. The first day was not too strenuous with a few up hill sections and we arri ... 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