Over the river to Laos!

Laos!

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February 2nd 2007
Don Det At this stage of our journey we made some great friends. We all crossed the border into Laos at the same time and are still with some of them now! (8 March) Don Det - one of the '4000 islands' found on this little stretch of the Mekong was great fun, very laid back and beautiful. We enjoyed a lot of 'Beer Lao' - the immense national brew - and spent a couple of lazy days on t ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Si Phan Don

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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