The Royal Palace

November 29th 2009
After waiting for over an hour for our 7am bus we finally boarded and arrived in the capital, Vientiane, just after lunch. We then had to wait in a jumbo tuk tuk for your man to fill it to make his journey beneficial and after a slight detour to the other bus station the other side of town, we finally made it to the river side and our home for our stay in Vientiane, Orchid Guesthouse - a massive ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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Tony and George

Hi there, This is our first ever time "blogging" so hope it goes well and doesn't bore anybody. The best thing about this blog is if you subscribe the website emails you when we've updated it so you don't need to keep checking. For those who don't know (surely there isn't a living soul who doesn't know???) the aim of our trip is to get to Australia without getting on a plane, after extensive research we reckon this probably isn't going to happen once we get to Indonesia, but we will try our hardest to achieve this goal and will definately go the furthest we can go by train/boat/bus/bike... full info

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