Luang Prabang - We arrived in Laos Photo 3

Luang Prabang - We arrived in Laos

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December 10th 2010
We had enough of Vietnam (not of the countryside, but of the people: Vietnamese are unfriendly! We were looking forward to leave Vietnam to get to know a new country: Laos! With a small aircraft of Lao Airlines, we reached Luang Prabang in the evening. The airport was tiny and the aircraft we came with was the only one at the airport. First of all we had to get our visas....we read that we need 20 ... 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