Pete and the monks

Buddha Park

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September 3rd 2006
Today, we headed out of town to Buddha Park (literaly a park full of Buddha's). We got a tuk-tuk to take us the 24km out and then bring us back. We had barely got out of the city when we noticed the loud screech of the tuk-tuk's brakes, which filled us with confidence. Soon afterwards we heard a whirring noice from below the tuk-tuk and the driver soon pulled over and took a look underneath. A few ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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