Packed like sardines in our floating home

Following a River

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August 26th 2007
On the 19th of July we started our trip into Laos by crossing over the Mekong River from Chiang Khong, Thailand to Houayxai, Laos. Rich and Jess, a British couple that we had met on our trekking trip in Chiang Mai, decided to join us for the trip and would be our travel companions for our time in Laos. We all joined the flocks of other tourists at the immigration checkpoint in Houayxai and got o ... 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