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Loas Facts

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April 15th 2006
We're in the heart of Communist Loas at the moment. As you can imagine, LA is taking some "gentle reassuring" that we are not gonna get blown to bits by some of the 14 yr olds roaming round the country with AK47's! It's soooo poor, a lot more so than Thailand, but then again we didn't really see "real Thailand" but the main touristv spots. The scenery is unreal here. Huge limestone cliffs and lots ... 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