Vientienne sights

Vientianne - not the most interesting of places! (09.08.12 - 10.08.12)

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August 22nd 2012
After the journey to Vang Vieng with the slightly crazy driver in the minivan we decided to get a “VIP bus”, another name for a coach, to Vientiene instead. We’d been told that the roads weren’t anywhere near as mountainous so we figured that the coach would be the better option. In the end it wouldn’t have made much difference, the road was just as bad as before only without the windy b ... 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