Laos Airlines

Luang Prabang, Laos

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October 16th 2007
After leaving Chiang Mai we headed to a new country, Laos. We decided to take a 1 hour flight, not the usual backpacker way of getting there but it sounded way more appealing than the 2 day slow boat from Thailand to Laos. Even flying to Laos was an experience, they are a very small airline and don't publish their safety records! The plane was fairly small and only half full so once everybody was ... 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