Slow Boat Dock

Crossing into Laos

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March 29th 2008
When I took my cooking class in Chiang Mai, one of the students mentioned The Gibbon Experience to me as something worthwhile to check out while in northern Laos. I had just started planning for the border crossing and wondered what I was going to do once I arrived in Huay Xai. Once I found out more about the program, the choice was easy. Did I want to start m ... 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