Crazy!

Vang Vieng & dodgy tummies :-(

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March 19th 2009
Arrived in the backpacker town of Van Vieng on 17th after a 6 hour mini van journey from Luang Prabang-remind me not to sit on the back seat in future. They don't really have proper roads so it was bump bump bump all the way! We managed to get some accom in the quiet part-on the river, beautiful setting, in a little bamboo bungalow. You still occasionally hear drifts of the booming music from the ... 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