A little girl in the Poppy Fields

(Where they get the Opium from)

January 26th 2007
We arrived in Phonsavanh on Wednesday at about 4pm, the public bus wasn't as bad as I had expected although there was a man with a rooster & several sacks of rice down the aisle. We got a lift to a guest house with a local man called Mr. Kong, (the guesthouse owner), along with several other people from the bus. We met Giles who is originally from Birmingham but now lives in South Wales, his accen ... read more

Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan

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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Erica Hayward

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I am 26 & started my round the world adventure with my friend Claire on 29th October 2006. Here is our Route! 29/10/06 - 06/11/06 Japan 06/11/06 - 04/12/06 China 04/12/06 - 25/03/07 Thailand - Cambodia - Vietnam - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore 25/03/07 - 22/04/07 Borneo 22/04/07 - 15/07/07 Australia 15/07/07 - 26/08/07 New Zealand 26/08/07 - 08/09/07 Fiji 07/09/07 - 22/09/07 Cook Islands (cross the date line so I gain a day!) Claire goes home :( 22/09/07 - 30/09/07 French Polynesia 01/10/07 - 03/10/07 LA 04/10/07 - 08/10/07 San Fran 09/10/07 - 14/10/07 Miami... full info

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