Floating Village

South of Siem Reap is Tonle Sap lake which feeds the Tonle Sap river that joins Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. Incredibly the river flows South during the wet season, then switches direction during the dry season and feeds into Tonle Sap lake. The shoreline shifts dramatically, and the floating village provides locals with a constant presence on the water - for fishing and their livelihood. In fact not only are there houseboats here, but a school, market stalls and bars. The village is mainly peopled by folk of Vietnamese extraction. To get here, take a tuk tuk - it is an 18 minute ride from Siem Reap - and then catch a ferry which will take you out onto the lake past the village. Bring a camera, and stop off at one of the bars - one of them has crocodiles and a very large snake to drape around your neck.