View from our Bungalow

Vang Vieng

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October 17th 2006
Our bus trip from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng was very scenic. To give you an indication of the type of terrain we were in, a 189km trip took 6 hours in the bus. The mountain ranges were absolutely magnificant but very slow going (to be honest I was quite fine with the slow ride - I have heard many horror stories of crazy bus drivers taking this route very quickly and I am not sure that my nerve ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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