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Day 5 Border crossing to Laos then long boat to Pak Beng

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February 22nd 2014
Day 2 of our journey, we woke up early that morning to go to the border. There was a Thai breakfast for us, it was cabbage and egg and a chicken soup I think. We left for the border mid morning then had to go through passport control and get our visas which took a while but eventually crossed the border into Laos. We got a taxi to the long boats where we began our 7 hour long boat journey down ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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