Luang Prabang Airport

Adventures in Laos

---

May 29th 2007
We've spent the last few days in Luang Prabang, Laos which is about an hour's flight from Chiang Mai (much easier than the 8 hour bus to the Lao border plus a two day slow boat ride down the Mekong). Laos is the first communist country we've visited on our trip, and after a 1 hour wait at the airport to get our tourist visas and $80US later, we were off like a herd of turtles into town. The town ... 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