An hour or so drive took us to the edge of Tonie Sap Laje - Asia's largest freshwater lake. Edge does depend on time of year as the lake reduces to a 1/5 of its size during the dry season, which does make for interesting planning.
Most of the houses you see are on stilts, seemingly suspended in the air but when at its deepest the water comes up to about a meter below - although a couple of years ago, at the same time as Bangkok was heavily underwater, so was a lot of the communities here.
We stopped at a village and walked around briefly. It appears in a way a bit desolate at the "roads" take time to improve once they come out of the water, and rubbish piles up until eventually burnt. That said the locals appear settled and there was actually less begging or hawking compared to other areas of Cambodia and indeed Asia generally.
After lunch, we returned to land and stopped at Banteay Srey. Smaller than most of the other temples, it is one of the earliest and unique in color compared to the others.
Final step in Siem Reap, was a landmine museum. One of the places you have to visit, but wont really enjoy that much given the subject matter. It was fairly understand but harrowing none the less.
Tomorrow is a 6 hour drive through the countryside to Phnom Penh
Most of the houses you see are on stilts, seemingly suspended in the air but when at its deepest the water comes up to about a meter below - although a couple of years ago, at the same time as Bangkok was heavily underwater, so was a lot of the communities here.
We stopped at a village and walked around briefly. It appears in a way a bit desolate at the "roads" take time to improve once they come out of the water, and rubbish piles up until eventually burnt. That said the locals appear settled and there was actually less begging or hawking compared to other areas of Cambodia and indeed Asia generally.
After lunch, we returned to land and stopped at Banteay Srey. Smaller than most of the other temples, it is one of the earliest and unique in color compared to the others.
Final step in Siem Reap, was a landmine museum. One of the places you have to visit, but wont really enjoy that much given the subject matter. It was fairly understand but harrowing none the less.
Tomorrow is a 6 hour drive through the countryside to Phnom Penh
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