Don Det Hight Street

VT to 4000 islands

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November 25th 2006
Got my Visa for Cambodia without a hitch which surprised me cos things usually have a bit of a habit of getting difficult and then strangely you wave a few dollars in the air and everything is sorted, but this time hitchless!! Got the night bus to Pakse which was bitter sweet. I ate a lovely salad for my tea which included a lot of raw onion, which i have to say i ate with gusto thinking it wo ... 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