Mole

Funny Business in Vientiane

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January 2nd 2007
We realize we haven't written anything in our blog for a while, so have made it our sole New Year's resolution to do so. We're making it easy on ourselves this year, and once we're done, we'll be completely resolved until 2008. We arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, the day after Christmas. We had a solitary mission: to take care of business. We had one visa to extend, another to renew, ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Bolaven Plateau

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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