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Laos

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November 2nd 2008
11/09/2008 - 15/09/2008 So, we survived the 24hr bus and arrive in Vientiane! As luck would have it, the tuk tuk from the bus station drops us right outside our hotel, the Orchid guesthouse! Our luck stops there, we stay there two nights and soon find out that Nivas bed is infested with bed bugs - not so good at all. We check out and find a much nicer CLEAN place, the Mali namphu, which is a bi ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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