Luang Prabang from across the Mekong

Luang Prabang

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January 28th 2005
Since I last wrote, we have seen the Golden Triangle (but no opium fields), the border with Burma, the Long Neck & Akha tribes (who wear brass rings around their necks to stretch them) and spent 2 days on a boat to reach our current destination; the beautiful Luang Prabang, Laos. The boat trip was pretty eventful as 4 hours into the journey we crashed with another boat, splitting the bow in hal ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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