Our bus had natural air con!

Happy 29th Birthday to me!!

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May 13th 2009
The bus arrived, took us 50m then dropped us off to wait for the bus - strange, but it was lashing it down with rain as well which made matters worse, the big big bags were getting their first real shower!! With a small stop off for some extra strong Laos coffee we were in Vientiane in 4 hours - not bad! We checked into a very lovely place that Tel had booked for my birthday and settled down to ... 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