bus stop

sweet ride

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January 29th 2013
The boat trip to Luang Prabang is 6 hours and going on our last experience, we go for the public bus, 40000 kip each ($5). The locals are waiting with all sorts of packages from grain to vegetables. Nothing alive thank god! Our bags piled on top, the bus at full capacity; with Lao music blaring, we climb into the back seats and bump, rattle and roll our way up and down the countryside to Luang ... 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