The Mountains Beckon

No Sleep 'Till Brisbane. (or how to get from Luang Prabang to Australia in a week) - Part One

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July 24th 2008
Prologue Having spent 6 weeks touring through Cambodia and up through Laos it was high time we split up and headed on our ways. Sophie had a mother to meet in Hanoi and I had to find civilisation, breach the outer walls of Asia and stamp my mark on Australia. I really didn’t think it was going to be this hard!!!!........ Day 1 - The Beginning Of The End. So here begins the tale of t ... 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