Beds being made on the train

I arrived - just!

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February 6th 2007
Well my didn't start in the most ideal of ways - being put on standby for your first flight, however the 400 pounds that would have been on offer would have been very tempting but as it happenned they managed to squeeze me on and I even managed to get an aisle seat so the flight went quite pleasantly (apart from the static on the headsets to watch the films!) All was going well with my onward t ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Muang Xai

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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