View down the Mekong

River Cruise

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January 15th 2006
Claudette was out and about at 6am to watch the novice monks got out to gather their daily bread. Over 200 paraded down the street to collect their sticky rice and other food offerings. It is a real tourist attraction as several tour busses arrived or the spectacle. She had bout rice and fruit to hand out but didn't realize that one was to only hand out a handfull to each young boy so as to sprea ... 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