Phespirit goes to Laos
Vientiane & Luang Prabang     April 2007

MEKONG AT PAK OU The mighty Mekong River rises in Tibet and flows for 4180km through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, to the South China Sea. This is the entrance to the Pak Ou caves in Laos, marking the furthest point upriver that Phespirit was to reach.
MEKONG AT LUANG PRABANG In the quietude of dusk, Phespirit loiters on the shore of the Mekong at Luang Prabang. Note the smog, caused by slash-and-burn agriculture.
MEKONG AT VIENTIANE During the dry season, the Mekong River at Vientiane becomes one huge sandy beach, just crying out for an entrepreneur to tap its tourist potential in an otherwise land-locked country. Here is a small part of the beach at sunset. Thailand is over on the other side.