View from Patuxai

August 24th 2008
Although not a necessarily noisy night storm wise, the rain was still pouring down when we awoke. We were getting the mini van to Vientiane this morning (not the VIP coach as before, our assumption was that a mini van would have a greater ability in dodging pot holes!). The road however was not as bad as from Luang Prabang as it didn't wind so much through the hills (still many pot holes, luckily ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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Dom and Rachael

Dom Rach

Finishing university, settling down, getting a job and a mortgage, it all seems a little too fast for my liking! So in an effort to delay the inevitable the decision was made to simply disappear for a few months...to go and see the world! The plan is to begin in the famous travellers haven, Thailand. We then head North and into Laos, travel down through Vietnam, across Cambodia before venturing South through Malaysia and home from Singapore. The schedule is tight at 52 days and no doubt we will have to bypass some of the sights, but you can't do everything! We fly out on the 11th August... full info

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