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Luang Prabang, Kuang Si waterfalls

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February 25th 2014
We had a busy morning as we moved to a different guest house, and then booked our bus journey for the next day to Vang Viang. We went to the Kuang Si waterfalls for the afternoon which were around a 40 minute ride out of Luang Prabang. I saw my first elephant being ridden down the road on the way there!! On the walk up to the waterfalls we passed by a bear rescue centre where they look ... 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