VIENTIENNE TOWN HALL

LAOS 1

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January 14th 2003
The 12 hour overnight train journey from Bangkok to the Laos border would be a daunting prospect if it were not for the sleeper carriages. But that's not all... Too early to retire I discovered that they have a bar. Already relaxed from the two large Changs I had at the station I could now invoke fatigue at will. Where to sit? With the three English chaps to my right and endure one, maybe two hou ... 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