Main Cave Entrance.
We were told that about 200 villagers would hide in this cave during the day when the area was being bombed. The outside temperature was probably about 82 F on this particular day and low humidity. However, once you stepped a few feet into the cave (about where the person is standing in the photo) we were hit with a wall of stale, hot and extremely humid air. It was like walking through the gates of hell, it was insufferable. I cannot imagine 200 people surviving this day-in day-out, so sad.
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 
