Day 88 - 101: Vang Vieng, Vientienne, Kong Lor, Pakse & Four Thousand Islands
August 27th 2012 Having spent our initial days in the more scenic and educational part of Laos we headed to the party town of Vang V ieng.
The journey from Phonsovan however was to be yet another challenge. It was meant to be a 5-6 hour mini bus ride through the mountains and the first 3 hours went by smoothly and fairly quickly. We stopped for lunch in a small village situated above the clouds with some inspi
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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 
