VIP Bus

South to North Laos... the journey

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February 18th 2010
Due to the Chinese New Year bus services were reduced, so in order to make our way north we opted for the local bus service as the more expensive VIP service wasn’t running (VIP is the service which uses air-con buses which are newer and make the journey without additional pick-up stops). The first leg of our trip from 4000 islands started with a sawngthaew (truck with bench seats) which should ... read more

Asia » Laos » South

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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