Pak Ou upper cave

Ban Xang Khong, Ban Xang Hai and Pak Ou Caves

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March 6th 2010
Today we met our ‘Green Discovery’ guide at their office in town - much easier than being told to meet at a cafe that no longer goes by the name that you have been given!!! Our guide for today was Kia who took us down to the Mekong River where we boarded our boat. A much bigger boat than yesterday!! Although this one didn’t wobble about so much when boarding and disembarking it was something ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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