Road to Muang Sing

Chiang Mai to HaNoi: via northern Laos (April 2009)

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April 30th 2009
Hello This is another of 'our' travel stories. It describes our journey from our arrival in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand in April 2009, as we journey east through northern Laos and on to Vietnam. In this 'blog', we 'connect' many of the emails we sent while away and add further material to make it a comprehensive 'whole' of our journey. We write of our travel enjoyment/s with ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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