Monks on the Mekong

Lovely Laos

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January 2nd 2008
So, the alarm went off at 5.30am on our last morning in Vietnam and I scrambled for the torch to check the bed - the little blighters feed in the last couple of hours before dawn so that is the best way to identify them. Couldn't see any but I appeared to have more bites and some of my old ones were now nastily blistered. In addition, a couple of bites on my arms were swelling rather alarmingly. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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