We're ... riding an elephant

Slowly south

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January 8th 2008
So towards the end of our week in LP I finally began to feel like I could do more than hide in the shade trying not to scratch my 80-odd bites. We had a night at the theatre to watch a show of traditional dance which was very impressive and then, on our last day there, had a day out. This started at a nearby elephant project where they have 7 fully grown elephants, rescued from logging work, and ... 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