Temples

Luang Prabang

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October 31st 2009
We arrive in Luang Prabang after yet another scary bus ride winding up the mountain roads, this time there was 13 people in a small mini van, as you can guess plenty of leg room for us lanky people! Luang Prabang is a really pretty town in the mountains very french looking, like most the Asian towns we have been to it. It has a huge night market selling hundreds of touristy things at really l ... 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