Wat Phou Snakehead

Vientaine to Khong Island

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January 20th 2006
Up at 03h30 to pack and be at the airport for 5 for our flight to Pakse. Air Lao plane is full, mostly tourists. At Pakse, we are met by our local guide and driver in a nine seat Kia van. A little overboard, methinks. We haven't that much luggage. Nonetheless, it is quiet and comfortable over the potholes. We take a car ferry, pushed across the Mekong by a black smoke belching metal hulled b ... read more

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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