Category The Mekong River

The Mekong – Asia’s Great River

November 30, 2020 · by · in Cambodia, China, Floating Markets, Laos, Luang Prabang, South East Asia, The Mekong River · Leave a comment

The Mekong is the world’s twelfth longest river at around 4,350 km (2,703 miles) in length. It starts its course in the mountains of Tibet and runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before emptying into the South China Sea in southern Vietnam. Unfortunately the fate of the great river is in constant jeopardy […]

Mekong Sunset, Luang Prabang, Laos

Sunday Sunsets – The Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos

May 3, 2020 · by · in Laos, South East Asia, Sunday Sunsets, Sunset, The Mekong River · 2 Comments

I have been introduced to the Sunday Sunsets tribe who post a photo featuring a sunset on the first Sunday in the month. My favourite sunsets thus far have been in Luang Prabang. What do you think of my shots?

Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Wilbur’s Travels – My 7 Travel Wonders Of The Past Decade

December 30, 2019 · by · in Brazil, Camargue, Central Asia, Champagne, Che Guevara, Cuba, Havana, Havana, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Laos, Luang Prabang, Lyon, Mekong River, Monks, Orange, Overnight Trains, Provence, Riquewihr, Silk Road, South America, South East Asia, Soviet Union, Strasbourg, Sunset, Temples, The Mekong River, Train Journeys, Train Travel, Turkey, Turkmenistan · Leave a comment

Travel is a great defining constant in my life and as I reflect on the last ten years of travels, I am extremely grateful that I am able to indulge in my passion on a regular basis. I have visited 22 new countries in the decade and revisited many more old favourites. I found it […]

Mekong

March 13, 2015 · by · in Laos, The Mekong River, Vietnam · Leave a comment

Just booked a trip to Cambodia and back to Luang Prabang with Mrs. Wilbur so decided to re blog my Mekong post from January to celebrate the fact that I will be seeing the great river again.

Mekong

January 2, 2015 · by · in Floating Markets, The Mekong River · 6 Comments

I was enthralled and appalled in equal measure at the BBC’s wonderful programme, where Sue Perkins followed Asia’s greatest river from its delta in Vietnam up through Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar & China to its source in the Tibetan Plateau. Enthralled at some very familiar sights & sounds plus other unfamiliar ones, but appalled by […]