Mukdahan Tower looking from Laos

Laos here we come

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February 6th 2012
Geo: 16.4958, 105.756Up at 4:30 for an early breakfast and by 6:00 we are stood outside the house waiting for the school bus to pass. We normally catch it up the road a bit at 7:00 but decided today to catch it before it did the rounds to pick up all the kids as then it passed in front of the house and I wouldnt have to carry a bag any distance. It finally arrived at 6:50 and plodded off to th ... read more

Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet

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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