coming out of herbal lao sauna

sort of like a turkish steam bath with a mix of herbs boiling in a BIG cauldron above a charcoal fire ... steam leading thru a bamboo pipe up to little wooden box with two very uncomfortable little narrow hard wooden benches ... here i met a russian lady who answered 'uuuhhh?...' when i asked where she came from ... ofcourse i spend the next day with her and laughed lots ...

Nong Khiaw and history

April 16th 2012
t took mi about 8 days before i was ready to venture out of Luang Prabang and took a bus up to Nong Khiaw which is 3.5 hrs north by bus. I crossed the bridge to Ban Sop Houn, where miracuously i picked a guesthouse which is run by Church (yes his real name-by the way i think about everyone has an 'h' in their name). While i was checking in i received a message from my french friend Ghislai ... 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

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