On the Mekong

The Slow Boat to Luang Prabang

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January 21st 2012
The Slow Boat to Luang Prabang! 21st Jan ’12 Crossing into Laos at Huay Xai Again getting into Laos was quite straight forward, we just filled in a couple of forms, handed them, our passports, a photo each and $72 dollars over and a few minutes later we had full page visas and we were in! We showed our passports to a soldier on a stall a couple of steps up the road and a lovely lad wel ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Huay Xai

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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