Just hanging out!

Just Hanging around

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December 17th 2006
Vang Vieng oozes relaxation. There is little to do here except gaze at the scenery and be astounded; laze in a restaurant, eating and drinking any number of different fruit shakes or laze (again) in a hammock by the rivers edge, again drinking any combination of fruitshakes, or Beer Lao (mmm). So, today was a hammock day! In fact, today was the first time I've ever laid up in a hammock and just ... 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