OnTheWayHome

Rolling Into Luang Prabang

---

December 29th 2007
Well the ride from Pak Mong to Pak Ou was a LONG one. It was the last stretch on the bumpy dirt road in the dark that made it especially long. I arrived however, in one piece, thankfully. Now where were the guesthouses I was told about?! None to be seen. Luckily a young woman that was sitting outside took me to one of her neighbors who took me in and it seems that it wasn't the first time he ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

---

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