Vientiane Mekong Sunset

Cattle VIP's - Northern Laos (Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang & Huay Xai Border Crossing)

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August 10th 2006
The bus journey was a simple five hour affair, which would have been fine had the local bus not been overcrowded (as per usual) and the appeal of sitting with a Westerner was too much for a young Lao boy to resist and he insisted on "sharing" my seat for most of the journey! Our arrival in the capital Vientiane was like transitioning from another world. Virtually penniless since leaving Phnom Pe ... 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