The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. From the Tibetan Plateau this river runs through China’s Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
In this presentation we sailed on this river from Thailand to and in Laos (two days) and in Cambodja we passed the Mekong by ferry and we did a part of a sunsetboattrip on the Mekong at Pnhom Penh.
The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in this river have made navigation difficult. The captain of our barg managed everything very well, so as you will see. The river is a major trading route linking China’s southwestern province of Yunnan to Southeast Asia.
For thousands of years the Mekong River has been an important conduit for people and goods between the many towns situated along its banks. Traditional forms of trade in small boats linking communities continue today, however the river is also becoming an important link in international trade routes, connecting the six Mekong countries to each other, and also to the rest of the world. The Mekong is still a wild river and navigation conditions vary greatly along its length. Broadly, navigation of the river is divided between upper and lower Mekong, with the ‘upper’ part of the river defined as the stretch north of the Khone Falls in southern Laos; and the ‘lower’ part as the stretch below these falls.
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