Slow Boat up the Mekong Pictures
BySlow Boat up the Mekong River
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Our boat, a converted Mekong cargo boat, moving serenely up the great river. Passenger speed boat flashing down the river. The passengers all wear lifejackets and crash helmets.
Beautiful mountain scenery near the Pak Ou caves. Line of water buffalo walking along the sandy bank of the river. The water rises the sixteen metres up to the jungle during the wet season.
Fisherman paddling past huge rocks which are submerged when the river rises. Hmong people panning for gold in the gravel banks exposed by low water.
Cargo boats moored at Pakbeng. Cargo boats moored against a sandbank.
Dawn as we move through a narrow gorge. Slash and burn operations near a Hmong village we visted.
Fisherman working from precarious rocks. Sunset on the Mekong near Hauy Xai, Laos
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