Visiting Kompong Khleang, 35km south of Siem Reap on the Tonle Sap lake, made a welcome change from temples and the tourist trail. During the rainy season, the lake floods the village, so the buildings are built on stilts high enough to withstand the water level.
As it is still only the very beginning of the rainy season, the houses towered above the ground as we walked down the one road, something of a curiosity for the village children. A boat trip down to Tonle Sap lake took us to the floating part of the village where people live and fish during the drier months before the rains come and the lake grows.
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