This story appears in the May 2006 issue of National Geographic magazine. I've always believed the best way to know a river is to paddle it, to feel its undercurrents and speed, to take in the ...
SAMBOR, CAMBODIA — It’s 5:30 p.m., and several tourist boats linger in the middle of the Mekong River. A blood-orange sun casts a warm glow across the milky brown water, making it the ideal time to ...
Sunrises dazzle in the morning river fog. Sunsets do the same when filtered through smoke rising from the burning stubble of rice fields. You find pleasant splashes of color everywhere during a voyage ...