Male grooming - pet monkey collecting a meal out of Ben's hair!

The Loop! (Tha Khaek)

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May 30th 2007
Hi all! Thank you so much for all of your emails, it's brilliant to catch up on everyone's news. We've become seasoned travellers since we last wrote! The last day we wrote to you all we left Luang Prabang (North Lao) and headed for Tha Khakhek in the South provice. Bit of a mamouth journey: We left at 7.30pm on a local bus to Vientiane, arriving at 5.00am where we immediately caught the next ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Tha Khaek

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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