Waterfall

A quiet New Year - Khong Island

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January 8th 2011
Since the holiday is all over, I’d better write one more piece, in case you think I’ve gone AWOL in Laos! This will just be a brief summing up, so here goes. From the last entry, you’ll see that we had a really early start on New Years Eve with a flight from Vientiane to Pakse. That was followed by a long day on the road, heading towards our next hotel in Don Khong, the largest inhabited i ... 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