Jang Caves at Vang Vieng

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Vang Vieng town in central Laos was made famous as a base from which the United States operated Air America to disrupt the Vietcong transport route through Laos on the Ho Chi Min Trail during the American Vietnamese War, known as the Secret War in which 200,000 Laos people died. In the 1970's Vang Vieng became part of the hippy trail through southeast Asia where a hedonistic lifestyle prevailed. Jang caves at Vang Vieng near the Nam Song River, here during the American-Vietnamese war 200 families shelter after fleeing their home on the Ho Chi Min Trail

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Size: 3661px × 5500px
Location: PDR Laos, Vang Vieng Town
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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