Slow Boat

So long Thailand, Hello Laos

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June 13th 2009
After nearly 3 weeks in Thailand we finally made our way to the border between Thailand and Laos. We arrived from Chiang Rai on a three hour journey on a local bus to the border town of Chiang Khong, we’ve never been on a local bus before and it was strange being the only foreigner’s on the bus. Then a tuk-tuk to a small wooden building on the banks of the Mekong river where we got our passpor ... 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