Going Down the Mighty Mekong River
Note: Just found this blog ready to go and with all the excitement of the trip never posted it so here it is. Better late than never!!!! Written on February 21, 2019. I can’t believe how lucky we are going down the mighty Mekong River. We cruised downriver for 6 hours to Pakbeng in a flatboat. They packed us in like sardines but hey that’s part of the adventure. The first thing you do is take off your shoes before getting on the boat. Forget about your assigned seat, it doesn’t matter. The younglings have already started to drink their beers and walking around the boat and as old-timers, we were a bit envious. We all know that our bladders wouldn’t be able to handle all that beer this early. BTW - we departed at 11:30am. One of the interesting parts of this journey is that there are probably about 20 life jackets for around 150 people and the boat is cracking away as it is made out of wood. Yikes. The smoking section is in the back of the boat where the locals are sitting...