Cards on the boat

Laos

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July 14th 2007
After a five hour minibus journey with our driver driving like a maniac, we arrived at the border of Thailand and Laos, Chiang Khong. The next day after no sleep due to some lovely plastic pillows and a poor fan, we started our 2 day slow boat journey down the Mekong to Luang Prabang. But before we departed we couldn't leave without being conned AGAIN on the exchange rate by a crafty man on the La ... 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