Kayaking

Kayaking

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January 25th 2010
After an early breakfast we met four other people on the kayaking trip, two Americans and two Danes, all of whom spoke good English (!). We were taken out of town in a truck to the company’s depot (a wooden shack) to pick up some kayaks and then drove about 50km out of town along the banks of the Nam Khan. Sammy kept everyone chatting on the way out, so I learnt that no-one had much experience o ... 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