Tom Rankin
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos, the mystical "Land of a Million Elephants" and a must-see on the southeast Asian hippy trail, is sending backpackers packing before a major get-together of regional political bigwigs next week.
Full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050719/od_nm/laos_tourists_dc
Edit:
To my red-square friend who said 'political'.
How about 'informational'? Would you like to travel there only to be told you could not backpack thru the country? Yes, there is a political meeting going on there, but so what? I don't give a hoot about their political meeting, I was just trying to disseminate some information.
Jeez! Sorry for trying to be helpful!
Full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050719/od_nm/laos_tourists_dc
Edit:
To my red-square friend who said 'political'.
How about 'informational'? Would you like to travel there only to be told you could not backpack thru the country? Yes, there is a political meeting going on there, but so what? I don't give a hoot about their political meeting, I was just trying to disseminate some information.
Jeez! Sorry for trying to be helpful!
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