Ang Pier of Mechrey
Seasonal boat pier where stilt-house villagers relocate yearly as the lake's flood pulse reshapes the shoreline.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Ang Pier of Mechrey, on the Tonle Sap outside Siem Reap, opens with a simple observation: the jetty sits farther from the water each month, and never gets rebuilt in the same spot. It explains how the Tonle Sap River reverses course every monsoon, when the swollen Mekong backs up and pours floodwater into the lake instead of away from it. Watch the boom gate behind the pier for a sense of how far the shoreline still has to move.
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