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Pakse, 400 Islands and Vientianne again!

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February 13th 2009
Well Pakse was a pretty dull town and if we hadn't just got off a 10 hour bus journey(that was meant to be on a bus with beds - which was what we had paid for - but when we arrived at the bus station in Vientiane, we quickly realized that we had been scammed and it was just a regular uncomfortable bus) from Vientiane then we probably wouldn't have bothered staying the night...i think the only exci ... 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