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January 2nd 2014
Daniel met me at my hostel this morning and we bargained with a yuk tuk to take us to the UXO Visitor Centre (UXO= unexploded ordinance.) It was really informative and explained the impact of UXO on the Laos people and what the country is doing to improve the situation. It told us about the facts. 300 people die a year of UXO bombs which were dropped in three wars. Laos was hit badly in the French ... read more

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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

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Anna Woollett

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I moved to Italy three years ago. I worked for two years in the Tuscany region and this year I've travelled through Rome (6 weeks) Pisa (3 months), Genova (2 months), Bologna (2 weeks), Venice (1 week), Naples (5 days.) Most of this trip was done under the second lockdown when Italy was empty of tourists. I moved to Palermo, Sicily's capital at the end of May 2021 and lived there for 2 months, I left Palermo and spent 7 days in each of the following cities in this order - Agrigento, Trapani, Taormina, Ragusa, Siracusa and stayed in Catania for September. In October I moved to Naples for a t... full info

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