Lihpi Waterfalls

Kayaking to the Cambodia border

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January 22nd 2006
An early buffet breakfast at the hotel. A nice selection and uncrowded as we got there before the Thai group. Bagettes could be toasted over an electric grill . The first toast in a week. Back across the river at 8 am for the drive downstream towards the Cambodia border. Another boat trip back across the Mekong to a small village where we start our kayaking. Our watercraft turned out to be inf ... 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