Monks are well prepared

limestone cliffs on the Mekong

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July 21st 2006
Today we just got back from 2 nights in the village of Nong Khiew that was a 6 (really 8) hour boat ride up the Mekong River from Leung Prabang, Laos. The boat ride was gorgeous with huge limestone cliffs on each side, and random sightings of fishermen in rice hats with their nets or crowds of little kids waving at us. It rained off and on and there was tons of debris (like whole trees) floating i ... 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