River Views

1 slowboat, 2 days, 1 broken propellor

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February 20th 2007
Next stop after the Gibbon Experience was Luang Prabang, however to get there from Huay Xai you had to get on a boat for two days down the Mekong. We had bought our boat tickets from an agency in the town to make sure we got on the boat but when we went to pick the tickets up we found that she merely gave us some money to go and buy the tickets from the ticket office, needless to say the money sh ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Ban Houayxay

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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