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Border crossing

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October 15th 2015
We had initially planned to travel from Thailand to Laos by train but we were obviously relaxing too much into our travels because by the time we went to make arrangements for the overnight sleeper train all the bottom berths had been booked! Whilst I know I can manage in an upper bunk we decided it might be too much of a squeeze for Steve and reverted to our fallback position of going by bus. We ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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