Basically, you can travel wherever you want in south east asia and will always meet the Mekong river. Just last week I have been there again and had lunch in a restaurant on his banks like a queen.

I could write a lot of facts about this river now. I could tell you very smart stuff like the Mekong has many different sources which come from the Tibetan Highlands. That the exact length varies between 4.350 km and 4.909 km. Still it is about the 10th longest river of the world.
And if I really wanted to brag with my knowledge I would write, that the Mekong has 1.300 differnet types of fishes, like giant fish and unlimited numbers of birds and reptiles.
But to be honest. Who cares? That´s why I just better only show pictures:

The Mekong river from the Thai side from Nong Khai






The Mekong with nice weather and water…





...and without water during bad weather





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