Luang Prabang

Laos: Chilling in Luang Prabang

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November 15th 2007
Flew into Laos on a plane that looked like something from the flying doctors!! Im not fond of planes and when i seen this crocker (and heard about Laos air record!!), i nearly walked!! Got there safely anyway and as usual with me and melissa being so organised we ended up being bribed in the airport. We were suppose to pay our visa in dollars but we had only had vietnamese dong. The airport "offic ... 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