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Into the Mountains of Laos

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March 3rd 2013
After six hours of standing and waiting in the sweltering heat to receive a stamp on our passports at Thai Immigration, we made it through the border at Aranyaprathet. We swiftly moved forward, hiring a tuk-tuk to take us to the bus station. Catching the last bus through to our next destination in the late afternoon, we arrived in Nakhon Ratchasima (locally known as Khorat) an hour shy of midnight ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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