It's a hard life in Si Phan Don

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March 24th 2016
After a great time in Cambodia, the next country on our route was Laos. Our four hour journey over the border ended up taking over 12 hours as various different buses dropped us off in various different places to wait for hours, and we arrived in Si Phan Don exhausted at about 10pm. Fortunately, if there was ever a place to just kick back and relax, Si Phan Don is that place. The name translates a ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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