Vaj

Down on the River Nam Ou...

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November 18th 2005
After the festival the girl from Australia went back to work in Kunming. So now it was only two of us left, Vajira from Sri Lanka and me. I had long since thought about using a float or a boat to travel in northern Laos. This is way more natural than going by bus, most places here haven't had road connection until very recently. The Mekong and all its confluents are an extensive network of water ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Nong Khiaw

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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