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The "mysterious" Plain of Jars

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The Long and Winding Road (to Phonsavan)

January 9th 2009
I left Vientiane, which I strangely enough liked despite it being very touristy and whore infested, to go to Phonsavan. So I had one of those painful neverending busrides ahead of me. It started out pretty bad when I got ripped off by a tuk-tuk driver to go to the bus station. I thought I'd be going to the one that's more than 10km away, so I thought 20 000 kip was expensive but okay. Well, I wasn ... read more
Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan

Lao or Laotian Flag 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
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