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Tha kaek

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March 19th 2014
Made it to Tha Kaek. This city is not at all what I'd expected....here I find myself in a Vietnamese guesthouse which turned out to be a brothel. I should've done a better job looking around for a decent place, but its not easy to do such things after a 9 hour bus ride in this heat. There were two young lady, a young man and his 3-4 years old daughter. They were nice people. They offered me dinner ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Tha Khaek

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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