We are starting to see more and more of these around Laos. I guess they have so many of these thanks to the US (up to 20% of which never exploded) that they may as well do something with them.
A beautiful place to relax and unwind April 7th 2006 (The following are excerpts from our journaI as there was no internet access from the village of Muang Ngoi).
I write this as I lay in my hammock over looking the Nam Ou river. Children play on the steps leading down to where fishermen work on their long boats and fix their nets. Steve is helping another backpacker (Eduard from France) to carry bamboo poles up from the river to behind our bu ... read more
Asia » Laos » North » Muang Ngoi Neua 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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