A Hop, Skip and Jump Through Lao! 2 Days of This!

A Hop, Skip and Jump Through Lao!

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December 11th 2007
Officially I spent six days in the country of Lao with three of the days spent on either a boat or a bus. To begin my journey I took the slow boat ride from the Thailand border to Luang Probang for two days. The other option was a speed boat that would take 6 hours but there have been a few deaths with that route so I opted for the slow float down the Mekong. Our trip started out on the wrong f ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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