Don Det - Pig Roast! -But still not as big as the Hearne's!

4,000 Islands to Cambodia

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June 10th 2007
Since we last wrote, we headed for Si Phan Don (4,000 islands). We spent a couple of days on Don Det, where we hired bicycles out to explore the island. It was an old-school bicyle; Hannah looked like Miss Marble, Ben looked like a plonker! 10 of us clubbed together and bought ourselves a pig! The son of one of the river-hut owners was given a water bottle full of Lao Lao (pretty much moonshin ... 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