Sunset in Luang Prabang

Broken Bus, Mongoose For Sell, & Fabulous Luang Prabang

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February 11th 2007
I began my journey to Luang Prabang with my first ever solar heated shower & bus load of 45 wazungus (vocab lesson for the day...wazungu is Swahili for white people & just seems so very appropriate when touring around with loads of them). Anyway, we crawled through the mountains of Northern Laos planning on a ride that would last about 7-8 hours. 14 hours later, numerous sightings of mongoose, dee ... 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