Cambodia’s history meets Vietnam modernity on Mekong cruise
A journey along the Mekong River aboard AmaDara, from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City, comes complete with reminders of the past both distant and recent.
Just before dawn on a pleasantly warm August morning, the AmaDara is tied up to trees on an island in the middle of the Mekong River. From the bow of the snub-nosed ship, the serenity is intoxicating, even if pulsed by the occasional putt-putt of a passing cargo vessel.
On the horizon, a few miles downriver, rise the towers of Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh.
As I embrace the languid scene, I consider how my cruise down the Mekong is transcending the region’s modern history and intertwined tragedies that took place within my lifetime.
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