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Stories about Luang Prabang, Laos

March 5th 2010
Every few months, a country fair sets up shop here in a big dirt field. The vendors all come from Thailand, and set up their stalls for a week or so, selling during the day and evening, and sleeping in their stalls, to watch their stuff, at night. Lao people call this fair, for some reason, the “market-fair”. I imagine this fair to be every bit as exciting for the locals as the original countr ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

Lao or Laotian Flag 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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