Kids selling trinkets

Exploring Luang Prabang

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April 17th 2008
We let Jaz sleep late this morning while the rest of us went out for a walk to get a look at the town as it came to life. Of course, we didn’t leave until 9:00, so it had come to life hours earlier, but we’ll try for an earlier start tomorrow. We walked along the river, admiring the leftover French colonial architecture sprinkled in among the temples, finding the morning market where people ... 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