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Vang Vieng and Vientiane...and goodbye to Laos!

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June 19th 2007
So Donna and I woke up at 5am to catch a 6am bus to Vang Vieng (south of Luang Prabang). The drive was a beautiful, yet curvaceous drive through northern Laos. All along the drive we passed by several small Hmong villages (one of the local SE asian minorities). They appeared to be living much like Donna and I have lived at times during this trip... in little bungalows on stilts. Anyway, after ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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