Old Walls of Chiang Mai

Bye Bye Chaing Mai

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June 3rd 2007
Another day, another country...Does this mean the first "leg" of our trip is over? I think I've decided that South East Asia is our first proper leg, so that makes Laos next.....finger, or something similar. And anyway we'll be back in Thailand. Yesterday we reluctantly said goodbye to Chiang Mai for good, although we will be back in Thailand in a few weeks, though much further south. We spent our ... 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