one big buddah

Vietiane

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January 21st 2007
Hello hello from Laos... after spending a whole day feeling sorry for ourselves, we got into action and explored. Setting off on our pushbikes we rode around town checking out the markets, this concrete thing that looks like the arc de triomph and then a temple that had a whopping 6800 buddahs... now, we have definately seen a lot of buddahs! The next day we hopped on the local bus, along wi ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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