Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large stretch of the Thailand-Laos border follows the Mekong River, so a boat is the perfect way to cross it (Getty) Cracking ...

At 6 a.m., I respectfully sit shoeless and curbside atop a teeny plastic stool while scooping handfuls of sticky rice into heavy pots carried by single-file fast-moving lines of tangerine-robed ...

VIENTIANE: People gathered to enjoy colorful activities during the boat racing festival in Laos following the end of Buddhist Lent, one of the biggest and most festive celebrations in the country. The ...

Cracking open bottles of ice-cold Beerlao, we gaze across the Mekong River, eyes peeled for elusive elephants amidst the oil-green cliffs and stormy jungle before the sky, heavy with rain, turns inky ...