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Vientiane Province
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The capital of Laos is booming. Driven by rising foreign investment, plenty of foreign aid workers and a more urbane youth, change is coming as quickly as in any city in Asia. However.
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Udomxai Province
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This rugged province is wedged between Luang Prabang to the east, Phongsali to the northeast, Luang Nam Tha to the northwest and Sainyabuli to the south, with a small northern section that shares a border with China’s Yunnan Province.
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Udomxai
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Udomxai is a booming Laos-China trade centre riding on imported Chinese wealth. Although few people visit Udomxai as a tourist destination, it’s an important northern crossroads where Rtes 1, 2 and 4 intersect. Thus it’s difficult to avoid if you’re travelling to Luang Nam Tha or Phongsali from points south.
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Tadlo
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Cool and peaceful, the broad 10m-high Tadlo falls and Seset River are surrounded by forests and villages inhabited by the Katu and Alak.
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Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands)
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There must be some rule in Laos that says the further south you go the more relaxed it becomes, because just when you thought your blood pressure couldn’t drop any more, you arrive in Si Phan Don…
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Savannakhet Province
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Savannakhet is the country’s most populous province and is home to about 15% of all Lao citizens.
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Savannakhet
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The slowly crumbling colonial-era buildings of Savannakhet serve as reminders of the importance the French attached to what was their largest trading and administrative centre south of Vientiane.
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