Haw Phra Kaew (1)

Honesty

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April 8th 2012
When we left Vietnam for Vientiane, it was the first day in over a week that the sun was shining and rain was not falling. It was bittersweet leaving Hanoi because there was finally an opportunity to enjoy a place in Vietnam with good weather, and we were nervous that the bad weather had gone ahead of us to Laos. Despite our fears, when we got off the plane in Vientiane the sun was shining (burnin ... 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