Slow Boat

'Low Laos....

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September 27th 2008
Up early one morning and arriving at the Laos with only 50% of my brain working, 500B down because I spent one cheeky extra day in Thailand.... So follows a nearing overwhelming array of buses and boats shuffling us about from one place to another, filling in of forms and staggering up hills carrying 25kilos of crap.... finally we managed to make it on our slow boat that would take us for 2 days d ... 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