Why you need to take the slow boat from Thailand to Laos
To cross the border between the two southeast Asian countries, Amelie Maurice-Jones opts for a more serene (and economical) ...
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The Allure of the Slow Boat: A Journey Through Laos
Sometimes, it's more about the journey than the destination, and traveling from northern Thailand into Laos (or vice versa) ...
Grandma walked around naked for hours at Thailand hotel after consuming ‘spiked’ booze bucket: ‘Lucky to survive’
A British gran has told her she blacked out and ended up roaming her hotel naked after drinking a ‘spiked’ booze bucket in ...
Gran's warning after she was spiked with booze bucket in Thailand and 'roamed hotel naked'
A woman is speaking out to warn others after an investigation into the deaths of six tourists in nearby Laos, in what is ...
Nam Theun 2 hydropower project set to contribute US$2bil to Laos
VIENTIANE: Nam Theun 2, one of Laos’ most significant hydropower projects in Laos, is expected to generate approximately US$2 ...
Newest Lao-Thai bridge link across the Mekong 96 per cent complete
VIENTIANE: Construction of the fifth “friendship bridge” between Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River, linking ...
The Thaiger9d
Narcotics suspect arrested at Thai-Lao border after fleeing
Suspect Apivat Tanchareon, linked to a drug gang, caught at Thai-Lao border with firearms after fleeing. Previous arrests ...
Nikkei Asia5d
Mekong cross-border festivals bridge cultural and physical divides
By 8 a.m. on Mondays, the banks of the Mekong River in the Thai town of Nakhon Phanom are thrumming with shoppers stocking up ...
The Independent8d
Why you need to take the slow boat from Thailand to Laos
I’m with a crew of backpackers, stopping overnight in the small town of Pakbeng on a two-day boat trip from Thailand into central Laos. While the elephants evade us, multiple sightings of water ...