Typical hilltribe village en route

March 26th 2008
So school was out let early on Friday (since I’m the headmaster!) and by mid-afternoon, I was winging it over to Luang Prabang, courtesy of Lao Airways, an hour’s flight from Chiang Mai. Not as scary as it might sound, as the aircraft was quite new, and the reservations clerk did me a big favour by putting me in seat 1A (not first class, I can assure you!), but which let me be first in line of ... 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

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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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