At the Wat

January 28th 2011
Just a brief stopover to take a look at this ancient capital city, which is basically a one street town, but home to one of the oldest Khmer temples around – Wat Pho. As usual the transport was full of surprises; 5 mins into the journey the buses aircon broke so we sat for ½ hour while the driver tried to fix it. With no avail we continued on with the door open. As he was late he stopped at ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Champasak

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

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Mary and Damien

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We are a fun loving couple embarking on a life changing trip in the search of enlightenment and self development. However, the reality is that we are both probably mad giving up our jobs in a recession to go jaunting around the world encountering hair raising coach journeys and unwelcoming doses of the trots! I am the more highly strung of the 2 who is always late where Damien (Dim) is more laid back but a stickler for timekeeping... good job that opposites attract - I can already feel a few heated debates coming on! Anyway I anticipate the majority of those looking at this will already kno... full info

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