Lovely Mekong River

Down the Mekong to Luang Prabang

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April 27th 2007
Houay Xai, Pak Beng, Luang PrabangJason & Kirstyn O After an amazing time on the Gibbon experience we had to come back down to Earth (excuse the pun) and spent a day in Houay Xai, mainly because Kirstyn had to continue her tour of South East Asias hospitals! Our original plan was for Kirstyn to cross back over to Thailand and get the shot there, but the border official made life difficult and ins ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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