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Border Crossings and Beer Lao

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January 30th 2013
After Anh's antics of the night before we were ready to leave for Laos. A VIP bus journey to Chiang Khong was on the cards although it turned out to be a minibus; mini by name mini by nature cramped, stuffy and bags almost on our heads but we were off and thankfully it didn't take as long as we had originally thought. Once we arrived outside a posh hotel all became rather confusing - shoul ... read more

Asia » Laos » West

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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