Getting off the slow boat

Laos

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March 1st 2009
Hello all, I had an extra day before I make the 17 hour overnight journey into Vietnam so here is the latest blog as well as some new and some old pictures. Last I wrote we had arrived in Luang Prabang. I wanted to include some photos of the slow boat. When we arrived in Pak Beng for our first night of the two day journey you are met by the entire town trying to get you to come stay at their ... 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