Swinging bridge over the Mekong

Don Det, Laos

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November 4th 2012
We started our voyage from Thailand on a ferry, and landed at our Lao destination of Don Det on a boat as well. Again, we are island bound, but this time we are located within the ‘4,000 island’ area of Laos—a scattering of islands in southern Laos amidst the Mekong River. We are on the southern tip of Lao, bordering Cambodia. In France’s conquest of Indo China in the late 1800’s, this ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Si Phan Don

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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