rice planters

Trek

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June 15th 2007
The next morning we started the trek. Also on the trek was a French couple, a Dutch couple and a Dutch guy. They were good people and we are still travelling with the Dutch guy called Jan. Since there was more than us the price dropped to 35 dollars. Everything started with a visit to a salt-mine. Not that it is a mine in any way. There are really big beds that salty water is sprayed upon a ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet

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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