Patouxi

Sabaaidee from Vientiane

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February 15th 2009
Having arrived a little late into Vientiane we completed our visa application before being picked up and headed to our hotel. Lonely Planet had been pretty uninspiring in describing the hostels it had visited so we had found a cheap hotel online and it was nice and clean as well as being fairly central to the city itself. We headed into the city for a wander around, the first stop being an ATM whe ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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