Stupas at a wat

Luang Prabang and Plain of Jars

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February 13th 2007
Hello from the lovely town of Luang Prabang. I arrived last Sunday as mentioned previously, and stayed all week until Saturday morning. The town is fairly picturesque and sits between 2 rivers (one of which is the Mekong) and there are a fair number of interesting places to visit in the town and in the surrounding area. The week was spent pretty leisurely, mainly because we had done a lot of trave ... 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