The arc de triomphe

Last stop Vientiane

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February 20th 2007
The trip down to Vientiane was another saengthaw but we didn’t break the record for the number of people in it this time. Vientiane is a funny city - it is the capital but it didn’t seem at all together and there didn’t seem to be a particular centre, it was all broken pavements, open sewers and road works and there would be one bar on the road, another restaurant on the next street - no at ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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