Fisherman, Luang Prabang, Laos 2009 | along the Mekong | flovision - photography by Florian Christian | flovision

Fisherman, Luang Prabang, Laos 2009

Apr-2009

Just after sunrise, a fisherman at work with a scoop net mounted on a fork of 2 long bamboo handles. The river is/was rich in fish and other creatures (both real and imagined!), an ecosystem second in biodiversity only to the Amazon. But a scene like this may be a thing of the past now, at least here in Luang Prabang. A hydropower dam built further downstream in the last years has raised water levels by some 2m here and changed life in and along the once mighty river. I don't know if fishing like this is still happening in the UNESCO World Heritage town, just a few meters down the embankment from the historic temples.

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