Bus journey from hell!

We love Laos!

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November 20th 2006
We crossed the border into Laos from Thailand over the Mekong river. We decided to take the 7 hour bus journey to Luang Nam Tha - we had heard that the road was quite bad and that it was being upgraded at the moment, but thought if traffic was still allowed on it then it must be ok. We managed to catch the 9.30 bus (although it was 11 o'clock) and went on our merry way - what we hadn't realised ... read more

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha

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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