Beer Lao

Elephants, Christmas and one sore tummy!

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January 31st 2007
A belated Happy New Year and Happy Oz Day! Its been ages since my last entry so I'm really behind and need to update you on my travels from about mid December... After Halong Bay we decided to make a side trip into Luang Prabang in Laos. I'd heard some great reports about the place from friends and flights were pretty cheap from Hanoi so off we went. Unfortunately just before boarding th ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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