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Colonial Idyll

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Laos was part of French Indochina when a young naval officer explored the Mekong as a route to China's riches. He had heard of the Khone Falls, but was confident that a modern steamboat would easily overcome the obstacles. It did not. The journey continued by canoe. Later, with the help of a railway built on the islands, two steamers were successfully dismantled and transported over the falls, but the journey ended at a 145 km long rapids on the border of present-day Myanmar. As a reminder of those attempts, this French office still stands on an island in the Mekong.

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Laos was part of French Indochina when a young naval officer explored the Mekong as a route to China's riches. He had heard of the Khone Falls, but was confident that a modern steamboat would easily overcome the obstacles. It did not. The journey continued by canoe. Later, with the help of a railway built on the islands, two steamers were successfully dismantled and transported over the falls, but the journey ended at a 145 km long rapids on the border of present-day Myanmar. As a reminder of those attempts, this French office still stands on an island in the Mekong.

PEOPLE´S ERA – A journey to the origins of stories

The earliest signs of human activity are likely stone tools, arrowheads, and clothing made of leather and animal and plant fibers. The oldest structures, on the other hand, are simple shelters or monuments dedicated to the cycle of the sun, ancestors, or gods. Every upright stone, mound, and wall tells the story of people who lived thousands of years before us, their hardships, and their hopes. They are not just ruins but fragments of a shared history.