Loop

Doing the Loop

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March 11th 2010
Well we have just returned from a 5 day motorbike trip doing a circuit called the loop. The trip started in Tha Khaek and in an anti clockwise direction took us along dirt roads, forest tracks and up into the Annamite mountains within 30km of the Vietnameese border, and then through limestone karsts possibly some of the nicest scenery so far. The places we visited were very remote and the people w ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Tha Khaek

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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