Kompong Khleang and Floating Village on Tonle' Sap Lake

After visiting the market we headed out of town to Kompong Khleang - one of the largest communities on the Tonle' Sap River.  Most of the houses here are built on towering stilts to allow for a dramatic change in water level during the wet season.  It was quite a sight to see. The people of the village were going about their business along the river to the lake.

The floating school for the children of the floating village. It is on Tonle' Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.  It provides fish and irrigation water for half the people of Cambodia.  It is also a home for 90,000 people, many of them ethnic Vietnamese who live in 170 floating villages.

We had an issue with fish nets getting caught in our motor.

Our captain cleaned them up and put the nets on top of the boat.