Me over the Nam Khan river, Luang Prabang

An ode to lovely Laos (no sex please it's illegal)

May 8th 2009
*Apologies for the appalling photography in this entry, all will be explained* Sahbahdee! Or “hello!” to you and I. After taking an overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to the border town of Nong Khai I finally got out of Thailand and into Laos. I then crossed the Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge to Loas immigration where I paid up my 30 US dollars for a "visa on arrival" and away ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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I started this travel blog, firstly to avoid sending out over-long group emails updating everybody on my travels. You know, the ones where you feel slightly snubbed by the impersonal nature of, “Hey, everybody! (but to no one in particular)”. I thought a blog would be fun way to update folks, avoid a dreaded travel diary and would hopefully combine second-rate-misanthropic travel journalism with exquisitely amateur photographs. Et Voila! Soon after I hit the road, however, I procrastinated and struggled to write things-up as esteemed travel-writer Pau... full info

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