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Miss Bels
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The Floating Village

  • August 13, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Miss Bels from Mokpo, United Kingdom
The Floating Village

The location of the village depends on the season and at this time in the wet season it lines the banks of the river. In the dry season, when the water level decreases, the whole thing moves back onto the lake. There are three ethnic groups living in a variety of boats and floating structures, the Khmers, the Vietnamese and the Khmer Muslims. And everything is on the water- the schools, the houses, the churches, we even saw a pig sty! At the time that we went the kids were all coming home from school, rowing themselves down the river back to their dwellings or lolling on the platforms in hammocks. We hired a boat which took us up the river to a restaurant and crocodile farm, where we drank coke and took photos. The boatman pointed out some things to us and told us that every one of the houses has a telly- powered by a car battery. It was really cool.

From journal Temples and crocodiles

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