Video: North Thailand and Laos
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Located in the heart of South East Asia, Thailand's bustling cities and heavenly beaches continue to attract more and more visitors every year. This progressive, fiercely independent, country provides a stark contrast to neighboring Laos. Also Buddhist, it has been under communist rule for the last 30 years and continues to offer a unique glimpse of an old South East Asia.
Traveller Ian Wright begins his journey in the chaos of Thailand's capital Bangkok. Travelling north through Surin he makes his way to Chiang Mai from where here embarks on a three day trek. He then takes a boat along the Mekong River to Lauang Prabang, the capital of Laos. He ends his journey celebrating the full moon festival in Vientiane.
Along the way…
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Located in the heart of South East Asia, Thailand's bustling cities and heavenly beaches continue to attract more and more visitors every year. This progressive, fiercely independent, country provides a stark contrast to neighboring Laos. Also Buddhist, it has been under communist rule for the last 30 years and continues to offer a unique glimpse of an old South East Asia.
Traveller Ian Wright begins his journey in the chaos of Thailand's capital Bangkok. Travelling north through Surin he makes his way to Chiang Mai from where here embarks on a three day trek. He then takes a boat along the Mekong River to Lauang Prabang, the capital of Laos. He ends his journey celebrating the full moon festival in Vientiane.
Along the way…
- Learn the popular art of Thai boxing
- Sample the local cuisine and haggle with the women at the Damnoen Saduak floating market
- Take part in a tug of war between one elephant and a 100 men
- Celebrate the annual monkey festival in Lopburi
- Witness the legacy of American Bombing in Laos during the Vietnam war
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