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Lost my soul in Vang Vieng...

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January 6th 2009
As I write this the 12 seater mini bus I am in slowly makes its way along a far less than perfect 1 and a half lane road which winds its way along the mountain range to Luang Prabang in Northern Laos. In the last 4 hours of the 6 hour journey we have come close to cleaning up a dozen stray little pigs, have overtaken busses around blind corners and been only a few centimetres from falling hundreds ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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