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A Brief Encounter With Laos

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August 19th 2007
As Emilie was only on a three week holiday, we needed to race around Thailand, Cambodia and Laos so we weren’t able to spend too much time in any one place. With a little help from our guide books and stories we’d heard from friends we’d narrowed down the places we wanted to see in Laos to Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang. As it turned out we weren’t able to get out of Vientiane the day we arr ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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