Luang Prabang from Phou Si Wat

Luang Prabang, Lao

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December 25th 2006
After the heat and the crazy rythm of Bangkok, I arrived in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang is a small town in northern Laos. It is very calm and soothing here - the rythm is slow, many people wander the town slowly, from one cafe to another. As it is in the mountains, the days are warm (in the twenties) however the nites are COLD. The town is circled by two rivers, the Mekong River and the N ... 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