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The Mighty Mekong The River Runs Through |
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From the Tibetan Plateau, this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam |
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I first encountered the Mekong River on the bus ride from Siem Reap (home of Angkor Wat) to Kratie, in eastern Cambodia |
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The highway was not running adjacent to the river |
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but I caught occasional glimpses |
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each one a delicious respite from an otherwise unremarkable landscape |
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In Kratie my hotel overlooked the Mekong |
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I've always loved walking the piers in yacht harbors and observing the activity Here was no exception |
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In Luang Prabang I had my second occasion to take a ferry across the Mekong |
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and watch the river traffic |
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These longboats ply the Mekong on journeys 8 hours and more north of Luang Prabang |
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Luang Prabang, from a temple across the Mekong |
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And the Mekong sunsets are worth hanging around for This one in Kratie |
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but this one in Luang Prabang, Laos, was the most delicious |
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