View from the air coming into Luang Prabang

“How many kip in a baht?” or “How much did I just pay for that???”

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April 16th 2008
I thought our flight to Laos was at 8:00 am today, but it was really at 12:40 pm - luckily I figured this out just after waking up at 4:45 am and could tell everyone they could go back to sleep. This meant we had a much more leisurely morning than we had anticipated, but got to Laos mid-afternoon rather than late morning. No problem, though I was truly disappointed in myself for having made this e ... 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