The view from our bedroom in the treehouse

Into Laos. The Gibbon Experience

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April 18th 2008
Well, after a good uncomfortable 8 hr bus ride, doors wide open and kids every 20 minutes throwing dirty Thai water into our bus for the Asian new year, we arrived at the border of Laos. Longest 8 hrs of our lives. Somehow, Geneve and I ended up being the most wet and irrated out of everyone on the bus. Oh well! So we stayed in this tiny little village called Huay Xai. Hit the sack early becaus ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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