Sarah leaping into the Blue Lagoon outside Poukham Cave

Lovely Laos... Vientiane and Vang Viang

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February 2nd 2006
We've been in Lao for over a week now! From the moment we arrived over the boarder from Thailand we have loved it. It's true what they say about it being like Thailand before it got too touristy. For those of you with poor geography, Laos is a land locked country, but has lots of rivers including a big stretch of the Mekong. On the way to Loas we had to stop off in Khon Kaen (6 hours by tra ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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