View from the tree house

Day 35 - The Gibbons Experience

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June 26th 2006
After a few relaxing days in Pai I hoped on a bus and headed towards Laos. First I had to go four hours back south to Chaing Mai, then I transferred over to a bus packed with 60 people and headed north for 7 hours to Chaing Khong. Chaing Khong is a small boarder crossing town which consists of one small main strip with a few restaurants and a couple guests houses to sleep. The next day I took the ... 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