Local bus

Nong Khiaw

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January 19th 2013
5.45am and my whiskey head is pounding! Who's idea was this to get up?!! We head out to meet the others, 5 minutes later they have not arrived so back to bed I go, think they're doing what I should have done.... Stayed in bed! Anyway we have to be up earlyish to get the bus to Hong Khiaw. By 7.30 we are all sat having a breakfast all looking as bad as each other, a nice 4 hour bus jo ... 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