The Tonlé Sap Lake
These pictures were taken in June 2007 on and around the Tonlé Sap Lake, near Siem Reap, Cambodia.
In the wet monsoon season, the Tonle Sap Lake swells to cover up to 16000 square km, however, in the dry season the lake shrinks to as small as 2500 square km. In the wet season the surrounding floodplains are inundated with the rising water.
In the wet monsoon season, the Tonle Sap Lake swells to cover up to 16000 square km, however, in the dry season the lake shrinks to as small as 2500 square km. In the wet season the surrounding floodplains are inundated with the rising water.
Family in a boat, Tonlé Sap, Cambodia.
Chong Khneas
Chong Khneas is a floating village at the edge of the lake close to Siem Reap. The houses can be towed to different locations during the wet and dry seasons.
Boats on the Tonlé Sap Lake
Fishing on the Tonlé Sap Lake
Fishermen using a fish trap
Fish Trap
Kampong Phluk
Kampong Phluk consists of three villages of stilted houses within the floodplains of the Tonle Sap. During the dry season when the lake is low, the buildings stand high off the ground. In the wet season the waters cover the ground underneath the houses.
Stilted houses at the village of Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia. During the dry season the underneath of the houses is used also. These will be covered by water in the wet season.
Drying Shrimp in the Sun.
Pigs in stilted housing.
Between Siem Reap and the Tonle Sap Lake
On the way from Siem Reap to the Tonle Sap there are houses lining the roadside. In the wet season these houses will have water underneath them
Note the TV aerials. The Televisions are run off car-batteries.
Visiting the Tonle Sap
Our guides to the Tonle Sap
The driver re-filling the fuel tank as we motor along on the Tonle Sap.
Coming in to Chong Kneas.
Coming into Chong Kneas.