the great stupa

Recovery & Friendly Faces in Vientiane

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June 11th 2008
Since my last entry its been a rather interesting time, and this is kind of the reason why its taken me so long to write. Unfortunately I had some health troubles in Vientiane and some scrapes I got on my arm (from falling off a motorbike in Vang Vieng) got badly infected. Im not sure how this happened, could have been the river water, my low immune system from hitting the booze so hard in Vang V ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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