The statues guarding the entrance over the moat to Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the world renowned wat (temple) in Angkor World heritage site and was built in the early 12th Century. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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South East Asia
All the warnings, all the scams, all the touts, surely I couldn’t possible rack up them all in one mere border crossing?
Well it seems the scammers were out in full force and some of them you just can’t do anything about, I shall explain…
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Laos map with known bombing data
Laos is the most bombed country in the world, mostly due to the USA heavy attacks during the Vietnam war when the Vietnamese moved into Laos in an attempt to hide.
The map to the left shows (as a red dot) every bomb attack on Laos.
One of the weapons of choice was the cluster bomb, which detonates a large bomb mid air and sprays a lot of small bombs (also known as bombies or bomlets) on the ground below causing massive devastation. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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Vang Vieng is in the centre of northern Laos. It is a small town to a village scale, and consists of bars/resturants playing the tv show ‘Friends’, tour booking agents and guesthouses, you’d struggle to find much more. However people go to this remote town for one thing – Tubing.
Tubers getting warmed up
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The Mekong river (also known as the red river due to the amount of mud in it) is the 10th longest in the world, with the estimated length being 4,350 km (2,703 miles).
The scenic environment makes for a peaceful trip
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