That Chomsi

The Royal City

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October 24th 2007
Day 16 - Tuesday 16 October Although the boat wasn't until 9 am we were up at 7 thinking we'd get there early so we could get the comfy seats. However everybody else had had the same idea as well so we were stuck with the wooden benches for the rest of the day. The scenery down the Mekong was great but after 9 hours of sitting on that bench my bum was really beginning to ache and I couldn't ... read more

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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