Village on the Mekong

Life in Laos

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September 23rd 2005
Life in Laos is great. We bought our Laos Visa's that will enable us to have 15 days in Laos before we have to move on to Vietnam. We started our trip into Laos by all jumping into the back of a pickup truck while it was pissing rain. The truck took us down to the river ferry at the laos/thailand border where we crossed the Mekong river into Laos. There, we were able to get our passports stampe ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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