Phou Khong Mountain

Eco-Trek in Laos

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November 23rd 2007
After Cambodia, Matt and I headed to Pakse (pronounced paksay), a small city in the south of Laos to meet with Green Discovery, the tour operator that Matt organized our eco-trek through. We stayed in the very nice, very affordable Pakse Hotel and grabbed our last bit of Western type food at a local pizza place as we were going to be spending the next few days eating Lao cuisine in the village we ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Champasak

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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