Dirt Roads of Lao

Lao Here We Come!

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February 5th 2007
Sleeping that night with visions of Laos still in our heads, we were off to Chiang Khong & the Thai/Lao border. About 3 hours later there it was and as the animated French Canadian, Eric, put it..."the Mighty Mekong--the most important river in all of SE Asia!!!" No armed guards, one wooden sign and an exit stamp, 30 baht for the boat & we were off--Jesse, Eric, Tomanko & I in our little ferry boa ... 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