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We had to try the 17 pence Lao whisky  
   

We had to try the 17 pence Lao whisky

Look, Kris has fashioned a little whisky glass from a cut-open plastic bottle using his Swiss army knife. Ingenius.
Vientiane: The Big Bad CIty

December 6th 2006
Kris I haven't been to many capital cities (London, Madrid, err...the capital of Malta and recently Bangkok) so I don't have much experience to base this judgement on - but Vientiane (pronounced Wein - chen) seems very small. When we arrived we left the bus amid a crowd of tuk tuk drivers calmouring for business, walked a few yards down the road and found a guesthouse with a huge room an ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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
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