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Laos - Vang vieng and Luang Prabang

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September 13th 2015
Getting from Hanoi to Laos was going to be about a 30 hour journey on a bus with no toilet, so we always knew it was going to be tough. From word go it was a carry on, with being collected almost an hour before agreed (I had left to buy food!) and to having to follow a man on a fast moped with our bags, rather than be collected. Anyway, we got the bus eventually and was quite surprised, it was a s ... read more

Asia » Laos » West

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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