Mukdahan:Old river steamer

[Bernie]

Does anyone have the story on the old river steamer tied up on Mae Nam Kong at Mukdahan? I have been told several things by locals such as: it has been used in movies; a famous murder occurred on board and hence no crew will serve on her now; she is being outfitted as a restaurant (although in several trips I've seen no activity on board). Thanks in advance

[GWR]

Is it this one Bernie?:

http://www.onasia.com/system/bda00507-c.jpeg

Mukdahan, Thailand - 1996. An old steamer moored along the banks of the Mekong River near Mukdahan.

Buy me & stop one:

http://www.onasia.com/system/preview.aspx?pvp=bda0050711.50

I also found some other interesting photos when I found this one:

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?p=14486#post14486

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?p=14485#post14485

[Bernie]

Yes, that's it. From this photo it appears that perhaps someone is living aboard. I wonder if her systems (engine, primarily) are still operable. Would love to know the story of the old boat. Thanks for finding and posting the photo. I have a few I've taken, but did not know how to post them in this forum. Thanks again.

[GWR]

Well, there's an an IMAGE icon in the REPLY TO THREAD textbox. If you click that a small text box will appear into which you can paste the online location of the photos so that they will appear in the thread.

A simpler alternative is just to paste in a link.

And here's just one example of a place where you can upload images free to show other people with the links described above:

http://www.tinypic.com/

If you only get as far as pasting in links, I may even come along later and reinsert them as actual images. If images look like they are going to wider than a normal computer screen, I usually prefer to use only a link, as wide images seem to load slowly for folks ( like me) who don't have 'true' broadband internet.

I didn't find any real info on the boat. Did you get a name of a picture of its Laos/Thai-script name?

[Bernie]

Here is the best of the pics I've taken of the boat. Savannakhet is on opposite bank. Thanks for your help in posting this pic:

http://i16.tinypic.com/4mhz9uc.jpg

[GWR]

I've made some minor changes to the previous posting. It's best to copy the link from the text box under the picture that says: IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards; rather than copy the URL in the browser's navigation toolbar.

If you just paste the link in complete with its tags it will become a picture in the thread. If you remove the tags, it will materialize only as a hyperlink. A hyperlink is probably best in the case of this photo because it ends up bigger than normal computer screen width when you click on the 'thumbprint' image.

[Bernie]

Okay, let me try this. I have adjusted the image somewhat to give a bit more detail. Now I can see what appear to be restaurant tables on the middle deck of the boat, a "Coca Cola" sign on the top, and a C-band satellite dish on the bow (such as used by restaurants / bars for their TV and radio channels.

I hope this will post properly. Thanks for your patient instructions.


http://i14.tinypic.com/4you5ps.jpg

[GWR]

I'm just wondering if this vessel is a rebuild of one of those old French river steamers with the steam equipment having been replaced by diesel. Any marine engineers out there?