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Vientiane

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February 6th 2009
Well we arrived at the world's sleepiest Capital after a long ardous bus journey on extremely dodgy cliff-edge roads on a bus that was pretty much a relic. At one stage on the journey a mongoose got free and we were very curious and worried when all the locals started getting excite about something on the ground amongst the extremely overcrowded bus. When we found out what it was i think we were m ... 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