Pha That Luang

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January 31st 2010
We caught a tuk-tuk out to the bus station, now suspicious that it, like other bus stations in Laos, was deliberately located some distance from the town centre so that tuk-tuk drivers got the extra business. It took some time before we finally set off for Vientiane, but the journey was mercifully short once we started. The minivan arrived shortly after midday and we found a guest house after a ... 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