Thailand. Chow for now! Wow it's time for Laos and the much hyped, Luang Prabang.
June 25th 2006 23/06/06
We were up bright (not!) and early for our mad bus ride to the airport to Laos (silent 's', the french added it to Lao when they were here however long ago. That is why there is a lot of french influence in the country.)
Laos has the honour of being the most bombed nation in the history of warfare. During the Vietnam conflicts U.S bombers returning from bombing raids would drop their e
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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 
