The Stupa at the top of the city

Monks and Baguettes in Luang Prabang

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May 3rd 2009
It was another early night and early start for the eight hour boat trip to Luang Prabang. When we got back on the boat it had shrunk, well our boat had gone back to the border and we got a new smaller boat for the second leg. The seating was pretty uncomfortable and not even our cushions could help, so I sat out the back of the boat in the crews kitchen on their log pile for most of the journey, n ... 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