#Irrawaddy dolphin

Don Kong Island in Si Phan Don in Laos Don Kong Island in Si Phan Don

Laos, part 3 – the Irrawaddy dolphins

Posted by on Feb 9, 2013 in Laos, Travel
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To spend eight hours perched on various wooden long tail boats, interjected by a spell of cycling across an island, for a chance (with no guarantee) to see the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins is madness. A masochistic madness borne of a life-long fascination with cetaceans … and as Riff Raff so eloquently sang: “madness takes its toll”.

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