Sun Rise on the Mekong

Crossing into Lao

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November 28th 2006
We’ll the time has come to say goodbye to Chip, he was due back at the refuge and we were on our way to Lao. We organised our visas for Lao at the Thai border town of Chiang Khong when we arrived. It was all very simple and only took as long as we spent eating our pad thai. As the Mekong River acts as a natural border the crossing its self just involves paying a fee and having your passport ... 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