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Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng

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August 14th 2008
Laos has been really fantastic. I could tell from the airport that we were really going to like it as it Luang Probang looked like a smallish village (pop is about 20,000 I think). The scenery was amazing! Absolutely beautiful. We have decided that our guest house search would be best done in person as you are more likely to get better deals than if you book ahead so once we were in town I sat ... 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