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COPE centre, Vientiane

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September 4th 2012
So I had a relatively ok nights sleep..there's a snorer in the dorm, plus I've had a dodgy stomach all night which is still giving me grief! Nevertheless I headed out to JoMa bakery for breakfast and then walked the 1km out of town to the COPE centre. It's a really interesting and somewhat inspiring place. Around 260 million bombs were dropped on Laos between 1964 and 1973, making i ... 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