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May 31st 2010
One benefit to living in Laos as a foreigner is low prices, prices that haven’t been seen back in America for eighty years. For example, a manicure or pedicure, given in the comfort of your own home by the mobile Vietnamese women who bicycle around town looking for clients, will cost you 5000 kip. That’s 60 cents. I haven’t had a manicure in the US for awhile, but I think it costs more than ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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

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