Laos

Loving Laos

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November 11th 2008
Gemma, James and I have just left Laos. We all had a great time and Gem and I are going to really miss James as he has now jetted back to the UK. Laos has been fantastic. It is such a special country, suprisingly so, especially when considering we hardly knew anything about it before we got there, apart from it being involved in the Vietnam war. Laos now seems a long way from the country that was ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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