River

  • Not a drop to drink

    Pointing out that it takes 800 gallons of water to make one hamburger, a British writer argues that water shortage is the "defining crisis" of our time.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 25, 2006

  • Photographer gets spooked by his own subjects

    Lost in a Florida swamp, he climbs a tree to avoid alligators.
    By J.A. Getzlaff May 5, 2000

  • Going upstream

    It was lovemaking with the landscape.
    By Roland Wall April 25, 2000

  • Taipei mayor surprised by floating corpse

    A river cleanup yields more than garbage.
    By J.A. Getzlaff February 7, 2000

  • The lonely crusade of Croatia's riverman

    Zeljko Kelemen is determined to create a river-rafting industry in Croatia -- for the good of his country and his countrymen.
    By Jon Bowermaster September 25, 1999

  • Mondo Weirdo: Slow boat to Thailand

    A Wanderlust reader describes the temptations and tribulations of a boat journey to Thailand on the Mekong River in Laos.
    By Ken Stern June 8, 1998

  • First descent

    Steve Van Beek on rafting a wild whitewater river in China -- where no human has ever been before.
    By Steve Van Beek January 20, 1998

  • Descending the Congo

    He wanted to be the first Westerner in 100 years to descend the length of the Congo. But he didn't count on the storms and the mosquitoes -- and the cannibals.
    By Jeffrey Tayler October 30, 1997
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