The Nam Song from our balcony

Loving Vang Vieng

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July 19th 2009
Arriving our fears were washed away. We were right - especially since there was an off season discount at the hotel! The setting is breathtaking. Jake and Elliot were keen to tube and we figured if we went early the next morning we would miss the worse of the alcohol fuelled backpackers. It is certainly true that the town is hideously developed, and mobbed with backpackers (apparently we are ... 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