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Cambodia: downstream culture: life on the tonle sap
Posted by: todd
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Downstream Culture: Life on the river
Though we could easily spent the remainder of our days exploring the treasures of the khmer temples, it was time to move on. We were only on a six month tour, after all. Thus we traveled by boat over the largest lake in southeast asia to the capital of Phnom Penh.
Though we could easily spent the remainder of our days exploring the treasures of the khmer temples, it was time to move on. We were only on a six month tour, after all.
Our final night at the Siem Reap Angkor Guest House (have I plugged it enough? definitely recommended) we spent hanging with our friend and host Sokha. He was too exhausted to tally up our five day bill and left it up to me, knowing from prior experience that i kept better records than himself anyway. It was a brief night, as the pickup rolled up at 05:30 to collect us for the trip to the port on the Song Tam Giang river, at the mouth of the Tonle Sap.
The Tonle Sap is a massive freshwater lake, the fishing of which is one of the largest export industries (behind clearcutting the jungle). It is an elongated stretch, essentially running southeast from below Siem Reap towards Phnom Penh, reverting to a river again before reaching the capital.
busy boat traffic
the entire length leading out to the open lake is lined with floating thatched homes. peering within, some seem to sport big-screen televisions and lavish home theatre systems. Some people must be shipping more then just fish around here...
dozens of boats plying their trades...
transporting people
vending
nursing babies
repairing other boats
while several hundred natives were sealed within the river boat and potential tomb, we opted to doze on the roof beneath the abusive solar onslaught. suspiciously, the unflattering pictures adamn takes of me are the only ones he gets in focus.
There were numerous new mosques thrown up in the suburbs north of Phnom Penh - many Malaysians live and do business here.
a river ferry similar to our own make, these turbocharged beasts can really haul ass and leave you deaf. another short-sighted concession of the government, they are all owned and operated by malaysian firms who have exclusive rights to this run.
close enough
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