Playing in the poppies

The Plain of Jars

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January 26th 2007
We had arranged to travel here by minivan but due to it diving off a cliff yesterday and putting two people in hospital we ended up traveling the cheaper way, public transport. We nearly didn't make it as there was a crash just 10 metres away from our guest house which blocked the road off. Some one decided to drive the wrong way down the one way street and hot another vehicle head on at about 95k ... read more

Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan

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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