Mekong river descent and Vietnam coast

trekking au Tibet

des idees de trekking au Tibet sur ce site:
http://www.journeysintl.com/destinations/asia/tibet/544

While trekking in Tibet, I learned that, not only Bramaputra and Indus, the 2 mythical rivers of South Asia flow from Tibet, but that also the Mekong river, Indochina landmark river, came also from the top of the world!

I decided to do the trip all along from its source to the sea.As the route from Yunnan to Tibet is closed to foreigners by chinese authorities, with some friends, we decided to start at the border of Yunan and Tibet, near Deqin. We hiked to Taizi Monastery built near the glacier of Mingyong, which is one of the main affluent of the Mekong.Then the route follows the river through the rice paddies of Yunan, through empty Laos and its capital Vientiane; through Cambodia, then Vietnam, the end of the route being Cantho, near Saigon (HCMC).

Don t miss on this route the following Highlights: - the old city of Lijiang in Yunan, China, - Luang Prabang, the sleepy capital of the former kingdom of Laos, - the island of Si Phan Don, between Laos and Cambodia, situated on the Mekong FALLS and - Phu Quoc island in Vietnam.

Tan Vien mountain, near Hanoi, the perfect day trek, this mountain is famous in the chinese style paintings for its wave-like shape

The beach of the Mekong, another good point for Si Phan Don, I ve never seen the famous Mekong dolphin, but hey sometimes come to this beach too!

Dali in Yunan, the chinese food is not always good!

Lijiang in Yunan : on old chinese city rebuilt from scratch, now has a kind of disneyland feeling, but it s a nice place!

The tiger leaping gorge in Yunan, a great place for trekking!

the start : Taizi Monastery built near the glacier of Mingyong, which is one of the main affluent of the Mekong (Yunan, China)

The Mekong River in Luang Prabang, the former capital of the kingdom of Laos

PolPot killing fields (Choeng Ek, Cambodia) : no comment

Farmers bringing rice to the market along the Ho Chi Mih trail in Central Highlands (as during the war, they use a bicycle to carry the load, but don't ride it)

Phu Quoc island in South Vietnam is the niocman capital of the world

Some temples near Angkor Wat are still engulfed in the jungle!

The Bayon, next to Angkor Wat, it was the biggest city on earth, and its king was very proud (its stone face could see in the 4 directions North East South West)

french engineers built a complex system to bring the boats up the Mekong falls, the railways are now out of order (Si Phan Don)