Butterfly on Bouganvillea

All good things must end

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January 17th 2007
Last full day in Laos, and I'm up and out for something to eat and a local bus to the Buddha Park, about 25km out of the capital. This attraction is a collection of about 50 buddhist and hindu statues created by some bloke who had visions and proclaimed himself a prophet or some such. Can you tell I'm not the spiritual sort? I made my way to the bus station, the lazy way; now that I've starte ... 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