We loaded the caravan onto the flatbed of the old boat, securing the wheels with heavy ropes before pushing off from the muddy bank. The river's current carried us past dense jungle, the boat's engine humming steadily as the caravan swayed gently behind. At the market town, we'd unload the caravan to sell spices and dried fish, then load it back for the return trip upstream. It was a slow, rhythmic way to travel, swapping road dust for river spray, but the caravan held our goods and our home, w… caravan and boat transport 9