Pakse and the Bolaven Plateau

Getting out of the big smoke

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August 23rd 2006
After escaping Vientiene with our Cambodian visas in hand we took a night bus down to Pakse complete with Laos Karaoke at 400 decibels until the early hours of the morning and a dodgy film about a Crocodile man that seduced all the young ladies. Arriving in Pakse at 6am we were greeted by a torrential downpour that we thought would only write off the rest of the day. A quick breakfast and ch ... 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