View from the tree house

Laos!

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August 3rd 2007
Well after a nightmare 24 hour bus journey from Hanoi to Vientiane we arrived in Laos - a country with beautiful scenery and friendly people, where we spent two weeks. I can't even begin to describe the chaos of our bus journey getting there but I'll try anyway: - Firstly our driver was swigging beer before he left and continued throughout the whole journey! - The bus was vastly over booke ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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