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December 18th 2007
We waved the temples of Angkor goodbye and boarded an early morning bus to the central part of Cambodia, a town called Kompong Cham. Our plan was to cross the Cambodia-Laos border as soon as we could. It still took us almost 3 days to get from northwestern part of Cambodia to the border in northeastern part. Luckily, Cambodia has improved its roads substantially over the past 3 years, mostly becau ... 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