Laos Sunset life on the river

"Stop..Hammock time!!"

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August 30th 2008
Sabadee!!! I have so many languages floating around in my head now that I had to seriously concentrate to find the word for hello in Lao! So made it to yet another country to Laos the land of smiles. The border crossing went smooth, it's so laid back here that when we arrived at the immagration post (a shed marked with spray paint reading 'Customs' I thought we were going to need to wake the c ... 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