Beautiful sunset at 4ooo Islands - paradise!

Crossing into Laos - Paradise of 4000 Islands

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April 17th 2014
We finally managed to secure a bus ticket out of Phnom Penh... the city had certainly done its best to keep us there but it was time to move on. Given we had spent the extra (unexpected) time in PP we decided to head straight up to the Laos border. We unfortunately missed the opportunity to see the Irrawaddy dolphins at Kratie, and some spectacular jungle at Ratanakiri, but it just means we'll hav ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Si Phan Don

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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