Sunset Ferry to Muang Khong

Heading North

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March 10th 2007
We left Phnom Penh in the early afternoon, retracing our steps 75ks to Skoun, (home of the deep fried wolf spider by the way), where the road splits off to the east. It was a smooth ride, pretty trafficy close to the city but we didn’t exactly get up and out early to avoid that. After a great day of riding the sun set on us so we turned on our lights and continued on for a few km. At one point N ... read more

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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