Adventure and Cruise in the 12th longest River in the World in Laos

Now I will share the beautiful place to visit, especially for cruises lover. If you frequently adventure on the open seas, perhaps this is the right time for you to do the new experience cruises on the river. And I recommended to do this in Mekong River in Laos. Why should do in this river? Well according to Wikipedia, The Mekong is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km, and it drains an area of 795,000 km², discharging 475 km³ of water annually. This river through several countries, including the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. But the best place in parts of Laos.

In English the river is called "the Mekong River", derived from "Mae Nam Khong", a term of both Thai and Lao origin. In the Lao-Thai toponymy, all great rivers are considered "Mother Rivers" signaled by the prefix "mae", meaning "mother", and "nam" for water. In the Mekong's case, Mae Nam Khong means Khong, The Mother of Water. "Khong" is derived from the Sanskrit "ganga", meaning the Ganges. Many Northern Thai and Laos locals refer to it as the "River Khong". Such is the case with the Mae Nam Ping in Chiang Mai which is known as the "Ping River". The Tonle Sap in Cambodia is a similar example – where Tonle translates as "Great Lake or River", making the Tonle Sap River an unnecessary repetition of what is in fact the "Sap River".

Why this place has become an interesting place to cruise?

The Mekong rises in the "Three Rivers Area" on the Tibetan Plateau in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve as the Lancang, together with the Yangtze and Yellow (Huang He) Rivers. It flows southwest through Yunnan Province, and through the Three Parallel Rivers Area in the Hengduan Mountains, along with the Salween River (Nujiang in Chinese) and the Yangtze.

After leaving China, it flows southwest and forms the border of Burma (Myanmar) and Laos for about 100 kilometers (62 mi) then turns southeast to briefly form the border of Laos with Thailand. The Mekong then flows east and south into Laos for some 400 kilometers (250 mi) and defines the Laos-Thailand border again for some 850 kilometers (530 mi) as it flows first east, passing in front of the capital of Laos, Vientiane, then turns south through central Southeast Asia. The river leaves the border and flows into Laos shortly before passing the city of Pakse. Thereafter, it runs more or less directly south, crossing into Cambodia.
At Phnom Penh the river is joined on the right bank by the river and lake system the Tonle Sap. When the Mekong is low, the Tonle Sap is a tributary; water flows from the lake and river into the Mekong. When the Mekong floods, the flow reverses; the floodwaters of the Mekong flow up the Tonle Sap.

Immediately after the Sap River joins the Mekong by Phnom Penh, the Bassac River branches off the right (south) bank. The Bassac River is the first and main distributary of the Mekong; thus, this is the beginning of the Mekong Delta. The two rivers, the Bassac to the south and the Mekong to the north, enter Vietnam very soon after this. In Vietnam, the Bassac is called the H?u River (Sông H?u or H?u Giang); the main, northern, branch of the Mekong is called the Sông Ti?n or Ti?n Giang. In Vietnam, distributaries of the northern branch include the sông (river) M? Tho, the sông Ba Lai, the sông Hàm Luông, and the sông C? Chiên.

Hopefully some of the following images to represent the beauty of the Mekong River

So I think it's time for the cruise. Thank you for visiting my blog.