"Tuk Tuk?"

Vientiane

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August 19th 2007
Our time in Vientiane was short as we aimed to cross the border the day after we arrived. Despite this we still managed to cram in a few things. First we visited the Buddha Park, a field full of concrete Buddhist statues, with an enormous reclining Buddha statue. This was a quirky little place, made better by the entertaining bus journey there. We are by now used to people's reactions towards ... 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