Under the Bodhi tree

Cambodia to Laos

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April 4th 2007
7th entry....We arrived in Vientiane from Seam Reap on a propeller driven Laos Airlines plane after a short 40 min flight which saved a bus ride that would have taken a couple of years. Laos has only been open to visitors since 1975. I was in S.E. Asia in 75 but didn't go at the time. Instead I thought that I would visit when I came back in 76. I did return to S.E. Asia again in 76 but unfortunat ... 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