Chong Khneas Floating Village
Stilted lakeside settlement of houseboats that migrates with the Tonle Sap's dramatic seasonal flood.
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This guide to Chong Khneas Floating Village near Siem Reap starts with a strange fact: twice a year, the water beneath your boat reverses direction. It traces how the swollen Mekong pushes back into the Tonle Sap each June, and how an entire village of houseboats, schools and a church has learned to drift with that flood rather than fight it. You'll pass a floating crocodile pen and a catfish farm along the way. Listen for how differently the shoreline reads once you know the lake itself is breathing.
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