Meet Ban Mom on The Mekong

  Ban Mom is 88 km downriver from Xieng Kok, directly across from Wan Pon, Myanmar, and the final downriver 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 … Read more

Meet Tha Deua on The Mekong

  Sayabouly Town, located about 80 km from Luang Prabang, is served by Tha Deua Pier, which mostly handles ferry and commercial traffic. A few high-end cruise lines include Sayabouly Town on their Golden Triangle-Vientiane voyages. You can also reach Tha Deua on a ferry from Pak Beng.   However, the rough current between Luang … Read more