Laotian Children in the Mekong River
"Mother of Waters": The Mekong is one of the
great rivers of the world. It has shaped land and politics. It has fed
nations. The river begins at 16,000 feet on the Tibetan plateau and
tumbles almost three thousand miles to the Mekong Delta and the South
China Sea. Near its beginnings in Yunnan Province, China, the Mekong
is known as the Lancangjiang or Turbulent River. It flows through the
rainforests of Xishuangbanna, skirts Myanmar and plays politics as the
border between Thailand and Laos. In 1994, the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge
was completed-the first ever span across the entire river, signaling
a new era of cooperation between two Mekong neighbors.
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