Room with a view..

North to South and to the border..

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September 1st 2005
Wow...where do I start!..I have to say seeing Laos has really opened my eyes to what I would call a most beautiful, untouched country... Through our experiences here we were quite often the only 'falang' in sight...in a town...on a bus...I have truely had a great cast of culturing... Laos, known in antiquity as the land of a million elephants...is an amazing place, still, you might say recovering ... 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