Phonsavan, Laos

Laos: Laung Prabeng-->Phonsavan-->Vang Vieng

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July 22nd 2006
Saturday-Sunday July 22-23 Well, we’ve managed to convince 3 other couples to join us on a trip to the Lao-Vietnamese boarder to visit an archeological site in Phonsavan called Plain of Jars. To get to Phonsavanh we traveled about 7 hours in our chartered minivan. It was quite slow because we were going up and down, around and along these huge mountains. The scenery along the way was breatht ... read more

Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan

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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