As the sun begins to set over Don Det, Kataiy, a local fisherman who’s lived in the delta all his life, spends time repairing his fishing boats. It’s a typically bucolic scene along the final stretch of the Mekong in Laos. Kataiy dries his catch of fish and later sells them at the local market. At the very southern tip of the islands,
the spectacular Li Phi Falls forms the border between Laos and Cambodia. A series of rapids — impassable by boat — acts as a natural barrier to further river travel, marking an end to the journey along this part of the Mother River.