Sapa, Vietnam

From Vietnam to Laos

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December 23rd 2006
Sabaaidee everyone! (Laos word for Hello. Sounds just like 'somebody' when said fast) When we last wrote we were in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a city with a population of 8 million people and 3million motorbikes. You can imagine the traffic. From here we took a 3 day tour out to Halong bay which is a UNESCO protected site and we soon understood why. Its literally a mountain range in the se ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more