Kicking back with a drink and admiring the view in Vang Vieng

Continuing on in Laos

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March 23rd 2006
Monday 20th February - Luanag Prabang to Vang Vieng Some of us get up at 5.30am to go into town and watch the local monks receive their alms. We took part ourselves and bought a big basket of freshly cooked sticky rice and place it into the bowls of each of the passing monks. They come through thick and fast and it seems hard not to sustain third degree burns - this stuff is bloody hot! A ... 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