Cambodia – Kompong Phluk village

Kompong Phluk Floating Village is about 16 km away from Siem Reap. Cambodia has 2 seasons, dry season and wet season. “During the dry season when the lake is low, the buildings in the villages seem to soar atop their 6-meter stilts exposed by the lack of water. At this time of year many of the villagers move out onto the lake and build temporary houses. In the wet season when water level rises, the villagers move back to their permanent houses on the floodplain, the stilts now hidden under the water. Kampong Phluk’s economy is, as one might expect, based in fishing, primary in shrimp harvesting. “

We saw people living next to the lake and fishing. It was raining during our visit. We booked a tour through a company and traveled to that place in van. Then we took the boat to go to the village. We saw people fishing along the river while we are going in the boat.

Mangrove forest

There are lot of small boats waiting for the tourists to take them inside the Mangrove forest. 99% of them are women and there was only one men we saw and that guy took us inside the Mangrove boat ride.

Life at the Village

Funny observations