After months of dry, sweltering days, a young girl feasts on the first monsoon rains in the village of Eya, where the Irrawaddy meets the Andaman Sea.

• 乘客和货物分散在运货甲板上，这是一段10小时的旅程，从缅甸中部的曼德勒，到位于河流三角洲顶端的首都仰光。