Vientianne

Happy Birthday Mr James

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March 14th 2007
Well, we made it to the capital city with little or no trouble. Booked into the Riverside hotel, which is about 100m from the river, but a nice place... never saw the river!!! We don't really know what to say about Vientianne. Seems like they have not actually finished it yet. Building works everywhere, dodgy roadworks where there are actually roads. However, this was the location for James' b ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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