Christmas Eve

Vientiane, Laos

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December 28th 2011
4 close friends and I went to Bangkok for Christmas. We stayed at the Ambassador Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi.11 for 2 nights. 5 of us in 1 room..we gotta budget on a teachers salary! We wondered around the town with Christmas hats spreading the Christmas joy to anyone who was listening! After 2 nights in Bangkok, I made a solo journey to Vientiane, Laos to go on a visa run to extend my stay in Thailand ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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