Waterfall

Waterfalls, Bears and Buddha

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November 10th 2008
It is approximately 200km from Luang Nam That to Luang Prabang; in Laos this means 11 hours in a rickety death bus. Eventually though after around 4 near misses (that I saw), the roof leaking during a storm and a crazy girl sitting in front of us; we made it to Luang Prabang. The town of Luang Prabang is a UNESCO world heritage site which for us originally meant that our bus was not able to ge ... 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