Speedboat, Mekong River, Laos

Speedboat, Mekong River, Laos
Originally uploaded by JonathanTheMan.

These Thai made speedboats are very fast, very loud, very uncomfortable - and very dangerous. This time of year the Mekong is full of floating debris, and the speedboats regularly flip and disintegrate after launching themselves off a semi submerged log. However, they can do the trip from Thailand to Luang Prabang in 6 or 7 hours where the slow boat takes 2 days, so they get plenty of custom despite the risk.