Side Vihara at Pha That Luang

Vientiane

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July 19th 2011
Vientiane is the sleepy laid back capital of Laos. It's a tiny town not really worth the moniker of "city" but quite easy going and full of travellers. It is certainly part of what the Lonely Planet guidebooks calls the "Banana Pancake Trail". I walked everywhere as usual, and ended up walking around 15 km in total to see the usual sights such as Vientiane 's imitation of the Parisian ... 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