Getting a Laos Visa

Laos PDR: Please Don't Rush

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February 23rd 2008
:As with the previous post, this was typed a few days ago, apologies about the delay in getting it uploaded: We are in Laos! Now before I go on I feel obligied to reel off the spiel about the second nation of our trip. Laos is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world. However like all the others, there is a sense of creeping capitalism as the (single party) government begins to ... 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