Village kids selling refreshment

Huay Xai and Pak Beng

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January 24th 2009
Polly: After our short boat ride across the Mekong River to the Laos town of Huay Xai, we filled in our visa applications and paid the US$35 each for our thirty-day visas. They processed these quickly and stamped our passports. We then walked up the slipway towards the town, stopping at a tour agency to enquire about our onward transport. All the boats and buses from Huay Xai depart in t ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Pakbeng

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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