LP sunset

Sunset in Luang Prabang

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Laos

January 26th 2006
While planning this trip I considered Laos more or less as a way to get from Thailand to Vietnam, but I have come to like this country a lot in the last 2 weeks. Laos is a People's Republic or a socialist republic (just like China). It still uses the communist rhetoric and symbols but has in practice adapted to free market economy. The country ended its socialist revolution in 1975 (shortly after ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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