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Wildside Asia co-founder, Mick O'Shea, is first and currently the only person to successfully complete the first official descent of the Mekong River from its source in China to the South China Sea on the coast of Vietnam. Their was world-wide interest in the event and you can review his journey yourself through the information below. Also find other media coverage of Wildside Asia's achievements in the field of tourism in Laos.
Wildside Asia's Mr. Mick O'Shea is the first person in history to navigate the Mekong River from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea. The following is the web and print media coverage of this record-breaking journey, also dispatches from Mick himself.
From Tibetan Plateau to South China Sea - Mekong First Descent Project
Dispatches from the journey...
Dispatch 1: First Complete Descent of the Mekong
Dispatch 2: Getting to the Starting Line
Dispatch 3: Tackling Mastiffs in Wild Tibet
Dispatch 4 (Part I): Entering the Forbidden Mekong Gorge
Dispatch 4 (Part II): Near Death in the Mekong
Dispatch 5: Photos of the Gorges
Dispatch 6: Flashbacks in Northern Yunnan
Dispatch 7: Man Fights Nature, Southern Yunnan
Dispatch 8: Descending Middle Mekong: Tales of Murder
Dispatch 9: Mission Accomplished!
The First Ever Full Mekong Descent By Kayak
Dispatches from the journey...
The map, the plan & the challenge
The Mekong First Descent Dispatch Southern Yunnan
Annals of Adventure - Mekong Descent
"Mekong Mick's Wildass Adventure
"Mekong" Mick O'Shea--Where Is He? Just Ask His Mum
"Mekong" Mick O'Shea's Wildass Adventure: Chapter 1-18
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 18
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 17
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 16
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 15
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 14
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 13
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 12
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 10
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 9
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 8
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 7
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 6
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 5
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 4
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 3
"Mekong" Mick's Wildass Adventure--Chapter 2
Mick "Mekong" O'Shea has arrived at the headwaters
Mekong River update: Unexpected company and the Khone Falls
TheOceans.net
22/09/04
Battling the Odds and the Elements
The Golden Mail (courtesy of www.canoe.org.au)
30/07/2004
Paddler Online
22/07/2004
Kayaking the length of mighty Mekong
Bangkok Post
15/01/2004
UNESCO Statement of Wildside's assistance with the Nam Ha Ecotourism Project