Now this was fun

Discovering my raison d’être in Vang Vieng....

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January 29th 2008
Though I had whinged about the slow, winding drive between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang on the overnight bus north, I realised with the benefit of daylight on the way down that the stretch is one of the most spectacular drives one could hope for. Clinging to steep cliffs for most of the way, it was a bit like a Great Ocean Road through a breathtaking mountain range. So good were the views that I ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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