Vang Vieng Sunset

The Promised Land

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November 17th 2005
Vietnam came and went in the flash of an eye... I barely spent 2 weeks there, before the call of Laos got louder and louder. Vietnam went a little like this : Arrived in Hanoi to be greeted by Sarah and a few of the rest. There was a brief Monkey Janes Reunion before all the swedes followed their own paths for a while. Hue was a beautiful city, close to a secluded beach. Old, very French build ... 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