Wat Phra Keao

Be My Laos (Happy New Year)!

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April 10th 2011
Caro: Bizarrely the trip from Cambodia into Laos was relatively simple. Apart from the fact that we ended up in a different place to where we expected. We were picked up in a mini bus and there were approx 9 of us in it! There was no rubbish on the floor, no recently killed livestock and one person per seat. It all seemed way too simple. We caught this bus to Steung Treng and then took another bus ... 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