A collection of photos that documents how the Mekong's seasonal flood pulse shapes daily life in economic, social, and cultural matters ranging from transport and festivals to fish trap design.
The Mekong is one of the world's great rivers, and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. Empires have risen and fallen in the lands through which the Mekong flows, and it has been linked to remarkable adventure and exploration as well as war and massacre. Now that Indochina is at peace, new dangers threaten the river's future. For more than forty years Milton Osborne has been fascinated by the …