above the door at Wat Xieng Thong

Vang Vieng + Luang Prabang

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March 20th 2008
Now before i start i need to get someting off my chest....some thieving little b*stard has nicked my i-pod! I'm so annoyed and even more so cause i was asleep in the room when it was took....the cheek of it! I'm mad with myself cause i'm usually really careful and in my tidy way i lock it away in my pack, but as we had our own padlock on the door i'd left it out. Anyway, i left the door unlocked s ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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