Heidi at the Thai-Laos border

The Laos Trail

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February 6th 2007
The night train from Bangkok to Nong Kai took 13 hours and with the help of Benadryl we were actually able to get some sleep. We walked from the train station to the Thai/Laos boarder, purchased a 30-day visa, and jumped into a Sangthew (a flatbed trailer pulled by a motorbike) bound for Vientiane, Laos (22km away). The little sanghtew topped out at about 30mph and died about 1/4 way there. Our ... 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