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Wat! Not another temple.

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May 10th 2015
There seems to be a correlation between the number of steps we have to climb to reach the village, the Buddah, the temple, the cave, our hotel, breakfast, etc., with the number of degrees celsius it is outside. After plodding up stairs to various temples our first morning in Luang Prabang, then stopping for a welcome lunch, we asked what our afternoon agenda was. "Wat Xieng Thong temple," sai ... 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