It is a fitting environment to start a river journey. The Mekong is the world’s 12th largest river rising from its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing almost 5000 kilometres through ...

A journey down the Nam Ou by The Washington Post traced the hardships and broken promises for the Mekong river system as more dams go up — about half of them built by Chinese companies. In Laos ...

Contributor Ali Webb takes a journey on the Mekong River from Saigon to Siem Reap in southeast Asia. In the heart of Southeast Asia, the winding Mekong River carries more than just water.

Next, the journey down the Mekong ends in Vietnam. More In The Series. The Mekong: A River And A Region Transformed Part 3: Mekong Divides Different Worlds In 'Golden Triangle' ...

The Journey Begins: China's Yunnan Province marks the beginning of the journey of the Mekong River, the waters that flow through the heart of Southeast Asia. (S1, ... Thailand - The River Basin: ...

Journey along the Mekong River through southern Laos, from the region's highest point on the Bolaven Plateau down to its lowest, the idyllic 4,000 Islands. Discover ancient Buddhist temples, rice ...

The Mekong River, one of the world's longest waterways, has a long and turbulent history. It begins its 3,000-mile journey high on the Tibetan plateau of China's Qinghai province, where its once ...

From its origins in the Tibetan plateau, the Mekong winds 4,800 kilometres down to the South China Sea, making it the longest river in Southeast Asia. ... Sedimental journey.

Things have certainly changed in Ho Chi Minh City. But so have I – last time I was here, well over a decade ago, I traveled by local bus and cyclo, my heart in my mouth as vehicles and ...