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Luang Prabang

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January 29th 2009
When we arrived off the boat after our 8 hour journey from shithole Packbeng, Luang Prabang was like a breath of fresh air. A quaint village where we(myself, Reuben, Adelaide, Rob and Ivan) stayed in great little bungalows. We would spend 3 nights in Luang Prabang and might have spent longer if there wasn't a curfew at 10:30 when the town pretty much shut down and there was little to do other tha ... read more

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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