Buddha with some gold leaf

Laid back in Laos

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February 20th 2007
After a helter skelter schedule in Vietnam, Laos has been a chance to kick back for a couple of days. When I originally planned this trip, I had not included Laos in the schedule. However so many people had so many good things to say about Laos, I decided to squeeze a just over week of Laos between Vietnam and Thailand. In fact you could spend a very long time in Laos. Though Laos is landlocked ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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