a tree in the Mekong

lazy days on an island in the Mekong

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September 26th 2006
I spent the last nine days thoroughly relaxing in the 4000 Islands, a bit touristy, but still very laidback part of Laos near the Cambodian border where there are as many water buffaloes as people, and the only electricity available is supplied from generators... It was such a beautiful place, I really regret not taking more photographs, but my camera battery ran out, and I had a lot of trouble re ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Si Phan Don

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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