Ladies Giving Alms Cleansing Their Sins

Laos

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July 23rd 2009
Our first day in Luang Phabang was drizzley, so we spent it wandering the little streets and tiny alleyways getting a feel for the place, thinking that it would be better to save any "sights" for a sunnier day. The whole city felt a lot like a sleepy French town with wooden shutters on the windows and a sedentary pace of life. We walked to the end of the Old City where the river bends back on itse ... 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