Laos - The Last Paradise?

Denise visited Laos numerous times while living in Cambodia, exploring Vientiane, the quiet riverine capital, and travelling to the far north and the border with China. But this was almost a lost paradise. In the 1970s Laos was drawn into the war with Vietnam, and this landlocked country, with a population of only 4.5 million, became the most heavily bombed nation on earth. After the communist takeover in 1975, it was closed to visitors.