Christmas Crackers!

Day 31: Chapter Six - The Bends

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January 3rd 2006
It must be more than a week since I've updated, oic! Luang Prabang: We arrived a couple of days before Christmas (via a propeller plane; Stuart was pretty excited by this), and stayed nearly a week. There's not actually that much to report from there re: activities, because we kind of took it easy. It was that kind of town. Mostly, we wandered about and sat along the Mekong at the little res ... 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