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World Cup Fever

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June 17th 2006
Well I don't know about you guys, but we've had a busy few weeks. I last left off in chang mai where we were about to take the slow boat in Laos. we were told that it was a 2 day event. however it really was 3 days, because we had to take a 6 hour bus to the boarder and then take the boat for 2 days. the first day on the boat wasn't too bad. i mean how much fun can 8 hours on a boat be? it w ... 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