Vientiane Temple

The demise of the Asian Squat

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June 8th 2010
Tuesday 08 June It’s day 64 of 182 today, hard to imagine that we are 1/3 of the way through our trip. We left NZ with little advise on travelling as a “flash packer” family, or with one as young as Lauren. Over Xmas I found a book, written by a NZ couple from Northland, that documented some of their experiences in Europe and a few other continents. But this book, while useful, clearly did ... 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