The great Portuguese writer Luis de Camoes, when returning from Macao to
Portugal, was shipwrecked in the Mekong and was saved by floating on a
board, saving his manuscript ("The Lusiads") but losing his Chinese lover,
Dinamene.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_vaz_Camoens
Rizio Bruno Sant'Ana
riziobruno@uol.com.br
Biblioteca Mario de Andrade
Sao Paulo - SP - Brasil