Subject: lammth golden triangle tripoint revisited<br/>
Date: Jun 13, 2004 @ 22:42<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-34548158">the laos myanmar thailand tripoint lammth <br/>
at the confluence of the mekong & nam kok rivers<br/>
somewhere alongside the village of sob ruak thailand<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tongkatali.org/thailandmaps/05.htm">http://www.tongkatali.org/thailandmaps/05.htm</a><br/>
has recently been designated by jesper as one of the 3<br/>
most popular & most photographed tripoints in the<br/>
world<br/>
<br/>
& we have indeed seen a great many views of it from<br/>
time to time both here & at borderbase<br/>
the first & foremost among them arising from rolfs<br/>
dramatic personal visit<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vasa.abo.fi/users/rpalmber/BordersGolden.htm">http://www.vasa.abo.fi/users/rpalmber/BordersGolden.htm</a><br/>
while others have come at it from such other angles as<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://members.aol.com/jaystach001/Pictures/V0411.jpg">http://members.aol.com/jaystach001/Pictures/V0411.jpg</a><br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://zee-asia.com/images/golden%20triangle.jpg">http://zee-asia.com/images/golden%20triangle.jpg</a><br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://zee-asia.com/images/golden%20triangle1.jpg">http://zee-asia.com/images/golden%20triangle1.jpg</a><br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kelvinbaggs.com/tvl/asia/thailand/photos/golden_triangle_w.jpg">http://www.kelvinbaggs.com/tvl/asia/thailand/photos/golden_triangle_w.jpg</a><br/>
<br/>
so there has long been a question <br/>
in view of the peculiar & expansive configuration of<br/>
the confluence & the confusing presence of islands in<br/>
its midst<br/>
where exactly does this tripoint position fall<br/>
<br/>
indeed is it even in the river <br/>
or is it on an island<br/>
<br/>
but a check of all the relevant ibs numbers 20 & 33 &<br/>
63<br/>
especially<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS020.pdf">http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS020.pdf</a><br/>
quickly establishes that all the islands belong to<br/>
laos<br/>
& that the tripoint falls at the thalweg junction in<br/>
the channel to the right of the islands<br/>
<br/>
thus <br/>
it is clear now that both of rolfs photos were already<br/>
a very creditable but distant class d <br/>
years before the existence of bp<br/>
<br/>
& perhaps <br/>
a somewhat clearer or class c visit can now be claimed<br/>
for the first time here<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.christophwolf.de/so-asien/thailand/gd_GoldenTriangle.jpg">http://www.christophwolf.de/so-asien/thailand/gd_GoldenTriangle.jpg</a><br/>
where the tripoint position is probably just visible<br/>
above the foliage in the foreground<br/>
about midway between the red roofed building & island<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
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