Children of the Shores

Slow Boat to Luang Prabang

---

April 3rd 2007
My intention was to go up north, but I had met such nice people at the Gibbon Experience that I decided to join them on the slow boat to Luang Prabang. From Huay Xia we made it down early to the boat to save seats. The word on the street was to not get there late so that you don't have to sit in the back with the noisy motor nor on the wooden bench seats with no cushions. Luckily, I was with Mum ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

---

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