Around the guesthouse

Luang Prabang

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April 26th 2011
Everyone is a lot friendlier in Laos. Tris said that Lao people were coming up to them at the bar to chat, and hang out. Even walking the streets they will smile and say hello. It isn't as commercialized as Thailand. Nothing is built FOR tourists, so it seems. Lao people are in the restaurants that we go, Lao people are at the bars we go too. We woke up around 9:00am and went for breakfast. Dun ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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