River boats

Laidback Laos

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March 15th 2006
We liked Laos immediately. It was great to arrive in Vientiane, a laidback, rather small capital city that is warmer than Lijiang, which was having unusually cold and rainy weather during our visit. Our first impression of Laos is how laidback it is. After our plane landed at the Vientiane airport, we noticed people walking across the airport and some locals were even sitting on the runway fix ... 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