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Tea in Luang Prabang  
   

Tea in Luang Prabang

S....L....O....W boat down the Mekong to Luang Prabang

October 24th 2006
So, anyway, we left Thailand at the Chaing Khong/Xieng Kok border with Lao. The journey to the border was pretty easy on one of the local busses that travels between the town and Chaing Rai and a tuk tuk to the mighty Mekong River which divides Thailand from Lao. The Thai border at Chiang Khong was a little sleepy kind of a place, there was a man asleep in a hamock, oh with a gun, and the im ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

Lao or Laotian Flag 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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