Elephant cave

Loving the Lao Lao

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September 20th 2008
We decided to make a tough decision in Cambodia to pay the extra money and fly into Laos. We had planned on doing the south of Laos, but time was not allowing it. We have to meet my friend Megan in Bangkok on October 5th. Plus, we had talked to a few people that didn't really rave about the south of Laos as much as the north so we decided to suck it up and fly from Siem Reap to Vientiane. It was a ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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