Visiting a local village

Massages, monks, the Mekong and Emergency surgery

October 4th 2012
The group get back to Houay Xai and we all stay at the same guesthouse and go for dinner. For me its very spicy beef and basil leaves and a glass noodle salad with what looks like chopped liver on top although I think it may be blood jelly...nice! Then we go to a Karoake bar and The Essex spontaneously start jumping around to Steps – 5,6,7,8 whilst the German continegent look on slightly bemused ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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

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