Reclining Buddha

Bangkok to vientiane

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October 12th 2007
Sa bai dii from Laos! Well we've left Oz far behind and landed in South East Asia! First stop the crazy city of Bangkok. Spent a few days there. Mad busy place. Met Pamela a friend from home and her mates. Spent a night drinkin under the train station on the street. Everyday we saw an elephant at the bottom of our train station, as you do in a city! We went to Chiang Mai for a few days an ... 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