Mekong River trip

The earliest settlements along the river date to 2100 BC with the first recorded civilization—the Indianised-Khmer culture of Funan—dating to the 1st century. Excavations have uncovered coins from as far away as the Roman Empire.

In 2009, 145 new species were described from the Mekong Region, including two new bird species, five mammals, 96 plants, six new amphibians, and 29 fish species previously unknown to science.

The Mekong has more large fish—including the Mekong giant catfish, which can weigh up to 660 lbs. and grow to be almost 10 ft.—than any other river.

This is us off on our day 1 of our 2 day trip down the Mekong on the ‘slow boat’

         

        

Slow sailing bright paint
drifts on cadbury coloured water
past sand sliding slashed earth
past jungle hidden tribes
riding the life of the Mekong