slowboat down the Mekong

we took a slowboat down the mekong river, from northeastern thailand into laos: the land of cheap beer.

photo taken from thailand. burma on the left, laos on the right. china a few miles up the river.

strangely, it was really chilly this morning (entering indochina). i don't think it was haunted, though. we're at the border of northern thailand and laos, about to cross the mekong.

joren and his new thai wife crossing the mekong. where am i? swimming.

joren pretending to steer the boat, not pretending to be a jackass.

joren and ola, our new swedish friend. we travelled on and off with ola and his swedish girlfriend annie (also impossibly blonde and adorable) through laos.

i'm guessing these are par-tay barges. with roosters.

more mekong river digs