The sleeping Laos man

Where are my flip flops?

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December 27th 2011
Laos is renowned for being laid back which is a good thing sometimes but can be annoying. If you want to catch a bus anywhere no one ever knows the exact time it will leave, it just depends when the driver wants to go. We just turn up early at a bus station and at some point it will normally depart that morning. When we were coming back from Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang, we filled up the 12 seater ... 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