July
2007 - Chong Khneas, Tonle Sap Lake
Floating
village on Tonle Sap that serves as the main tourist excursion harbor
and home for over 1000 houseboats, most of whose inhabitants work in
the thriving Tonle Sap fishing industry.
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Dave
Perkes (white T-shirt) of Peace of Angkor Guest House and a group of
photo
tour participants unloading from the van to transfer to the boat in
Chong Khneas.
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The
youngest professional photographer I have ever come across in my
travels. This little girl takes photos of all the tourists as they get
out of their vehicles and when they arrive back from their tour trip
has small souvenir plates with the pictures on them ready for sale.
There is of course an organization of grown-ups behind this business
but all the tourists ever see are this girl and her even younger
assistants.
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This brightly
colored school building is anchored on the bank of the harbour and just
like the rest of the village, moves with the rising and falling of the
lake which can change up to 4 meters in height from the low to the high
season (November and December).
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One
of the smaller house-boats in Chong Kneas
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More
house-boats in Chong Khneas.
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Dave
Perkes of Peace of Angkor and tour group in the canal leading out
to Tonle Sap.
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A
televison repair shop on the water.
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As
we came out into the Tonle Sap Lake (which is so big you can not see
the other shore) this boat chased us down and boarded us while we were
running, to sell us cold drinks.
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here for the next part of this journey - Kompong Phluk stilt house village
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