Biking in Laos

March 14th 2008
On March 10th we got a flight from Siem Reap to Luang Prabang, Laos, which was a quick 2 hour flight. Flying in was really beautiful as the scenery here is very different from anywhere we've been. After paying our dues to enter the country (and we had to pay an "exit" fee out of Cambodia), we got our visas and walked out of the airport to find a whole bunch of bored taxi and tuk tuk driver waiti ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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Cara & Trevor

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Well our 3 month 10 day Asia trek ended April 29, 2008, a month short because of political issues but otherwise a great experience. We traveled from Singapore up through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and China. Unfortunately we didn't get to go to Nepal because of political tension in Kathmandu. We couldn't go to Tibet because of the riots to free Tibet from China. And we chose not to go to India because of the heat, border tension with Nepal and because everyone we talked to said it was really hard to get around. The winner of the overall best country for sights, ease of travel, food an... full info

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