A young Hmong girl piggybacking her sister

July 24th 2011
As I mentioned in my previous blog, we left Luang Prabang by express bus for Phonsavan - an eight hour journey down highway 13 and then onto highway 7. Both highways are now paved which made the journey a little less life threatening. We were lucky to have a half empty bus. There were only seven of us foreigners on the bus - and we had all been on the same slow boat to Luang Prabang. The rest of ... 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

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Annice and Peter

We are from Ottawa, Canada and are embarking on our third Asian Adventure! In 2005-2006 we taught in China at the Guangdong Industry Technical College. Our love for China was born! We spent our Chinese New Year holiday travelling to Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia (including Langkawi) and Southern Thailand. Two years later we returned to China and travelled to Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Kumming, back to Guangzhou, and Nanning, before entering Vietnam at the Chinese border and travelling to Hanoi, Hoi Ann, NaTrang, up the Mekong Delta, and Ho Chi Minn City. We flew back to Beijing before ou... full info

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