Lunacy in Laos 136

Lunacy in Laos

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March 22nd 2009
Leaving Hanoi in Vietnam to venture to Laos was an experience in itself! We were on a 24 hour bus journey on a seated bus, which the bus company had overbooked so people were sitting in the aisle on plastic seats! There was also not enough room under the bus for the many many ruksacks so a lot of them were piled high in the aisle! If you were unlucky enough to be down the back of the bus (as I was ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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