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Behind the Mountain (or: A Night Among the Hmong)

January 13th 2007
Xavier: On Wednesday Sarah and I went for our most epic jaunt yet - an overnight trek. This one was all about visiting ethnic minority villages in some of the mountains in Luang Prabang. A surprising large proportion of the country's population live in quite basic rural villages, and we got to visit several. Our tour guide was another soft spoken Lao (Lee) and we had a 30 year old American T ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

Lao or Laotian Flag 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
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