Meet Ban Mom on The Mekong

  Ban Mom is 88 km downriver from Xieng Kok, directly across from Wan Pon, Myanmar. It’s the final port on the Mekong’s Lao-Myanmar Corridor before the river reaches “The Golden Triangle”,  about 30 km away. Ban Mom’s relatively large landing serves a few cargo vessels and launches local ferries to/from Wan Pon and longboats … Read more

Meet Ban Mom on The Mekong

  Ban Mom is 88 km downriver from Xieng Kok, directly across from Wan Pon, Myanmar. It’s the final port on the Mekong’s Lao-Myanmar Corridor before the river reaches “The Golden Triangle”,  about 30 km away. Ban Mom’s relatively large landing serves a few cargo vessels and launches local ferries to/from Wan Pon and longboats … Read more