Bolaven Plateau!

Pakse + Bolaven Plateau!

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April 3rd 2009
Hello!! We finally arrived in Pakse after a very bumpy and distressing ride from Khong Island (we ran over a dog.... Michi wouldn't tell me what we had run over for about half an hour because he knew I would be upset - he was right - but it was a dog! poor thing!) and checked into a not-so-great hostel and then went out for lunch! After lunch we saw that there were direct buses to Bangkok (apar ... 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