Starting to hike back to Nong Kwei

Northern Laos

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May 12th 2011
After overeating and stressing out my poor shrunken stomache I hopped on a sleeping bus to Vientiene. These buses provide a narrow single bed per 2 people, just long enough for an Asian person (or me). Luckily I had a typical small Laos woman next to me and I have long ago mastered the art of sleeping like a pin so this was not as awkward as you might think. I slept reasonably well and arrived in ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

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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