Bear Sanctuary

Luang Prabang

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June 18th 2009
Well, after a long two days on the slow boat we decided to spend a few nights in quaint sleepy Luang Prabang. Our first full day there was spent wondering around and taking in the sights until about mid-day when we then found a bar, we sat and chilled the beans for no other reason apart from that fact that it was too ridiculously hot to move. At about 6pm it had cooled down a little (only about 2 ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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