Slight overcrowding

The Exceptionally Slow, Slow Boat and Luang Prabang

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April 1st 2010
The next morning, having finished our trek and sufficiently recovered from the exertion (& hangovers,) we boarded a bus to a place called Chang Kong in northern Thailand on the Mekong River. The Mekong acts as the border between Thailand and Huay Xai in Laos, so after going through border formalities on the Thai side, we jumped aboard a very dilapidated boat, worried slightly about sinking into th ... read more

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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