Vientiane

Vientiane and Pakse

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June 27th 2009
We spent three nights in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. We didn't arrive until 6pm and thankfully we found somewhere to stay given the later hour, it was a bit more expensive than we have been paying, our room was 100,000 kip a night which is €8 and this got us air con, en-suite and a television- we are living the high life. Anyway, our first full day was spent getting our visas for Cambodi ... read more

Asia » Laos » West

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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