Luang Prabang 003

Broken down bus and a long journey...

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July 12th 2009
A broken down bus on a lonely bumpy road was something we did not want to experience knowing we had a long ways to go before arriving in Luang Prabang. When another bus pulled over we did not think twice and hopped on the bus heading to Luang Prabang. After a total of 15 hours on the road we finally made it. The journey was long, slow and windy but we had to find energy to search for a hotel in th ... 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