Sun set over Mekong

Laos - or SLOA

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January 30th 2007
We have arrived in Laos and every thing is so much quieter and slower (sloa) than anywhere else we have been. We arrived in Pakse and where we were 2 of 4 passangers getting off the plane there. Getting a visa was a question of 10 minutes and 35 USD. Pakse felt like a small american town in the midwest is supposed to feel like. Hardly any traffic very wide streets, large four-wheel drive vehicle ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Champasak

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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