Wat Si Saket

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May 30th 2007
As so many things in Thailand, the bus journey from Bangkok to Laos, Vientiane was an easy ride compared to my past experiences in Malaysia - I had a front seat on the top of a double decker bus, and imagine what a luxury, two seats! After the border checks and change from a comfortable aircon bus to a small, pretty old and little taken care off bus, I arrived in the capital of Laos Vientiane ... read more

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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