That Luang, Vientiane

To find your cow, don't dream about rope

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September 21st 2006
Well, so says the old Lao proverb anyway, and let that be a lesson to ye! Laos is a very green country. That's something we did not expect coming from a country which boasts 40 different shades of green on its landscape. Days of heavy rains had brought new growth and the paddy fields were gleaming in the sunshine, trees were sprouting new leaves and the grasses were long and bursting onto the r ... 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