Noodle soup in Luang Prabang

The Land that Time Forgot

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November 11th 2008
We last left the blog in Chaing Rai in Northern Thailand. We have since travelled through Northern Laos and are currently in Southern Laos. There has been so much to see that we thought we should split Loas in to 2 blogs. Our bus to the border was not so good, either the suspension had been stolen or had been ommited in the design stage. After clearing immigration and officially leaving Thai ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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