CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. Dedication
5. Epigraph
6. Prologue
7. Maps
8. Laos, Vietnam, and Selected Provinces
9. Nakai–Nam Theun National Protected Area
10. I.     Entry
    1. February 24: Nam Theun Reservoir
    2. February 25: Ban Tong
    3. February 26: Ban Nameuy
11. II.    To the Far Nam Nyang
    1. February 27: Ban Nameuy
    2. February 28: Thong Kouang
    3. March 1: Thong Sek
    4. March 2: Nam Nyang, Camp 1
    5. March 3: Nam Nyang, Camp 2
    6. March 4: A Tributary of the Nam Nyang
    7. March 5: A Tributary of the Nam Nyang
    8. March 6: Thong Kouang
12. III.  Circling Back: Nakai, Again
    1. March 7: Ban Nameuy
    2. March 8: Ban Nameuy
    3. March 9: Ban Nameuy
    4. March 10: Nakai
    5. March 11: Nakai
13. IV.   Upriver: The Poung of the Nam Mon
    1. March 12: Nakai
    2. March 13: Ban Navang
    3. March 14: Nam Mon, Camp 1
    4. March 15: Nam Mon, Camp 2
    5. March 16: Nam Mon, Camp 3
    6. March 17: Nam Mon, Camp 4
14. Epilogue
15. Acknowledgments
16. Appendix: Pronunciation, Nomenclature, and Acronyms
17. Notes
18. About the Author
19. Also by William deBuys
20. Newsletters
21. Copyright