Floating Villages
We boarded a boat on Tonle Sap Lake to take us out to see the floating village.
The boat had a rope on a pulley used for a throttle (gas pedal) and another rope and pulley system for steering.
The volume of the Tonle Sap Lake varies considerably over the course of a year from an area of about 965 sq miles at the end of the dry season in late-April to an area of up to 6,178 sq miles at the later part of the monsoon season in September and early-October.
Many of these homes would be sitting on dry land in April or May at the end of the dry season.
These are normal daily living conditions for all of the people who live in these floating villages.
The main source of income is fishing but that is changing.
Over the last few years, fishermen have been less concerned about the environment and more about survival. Although fishing was once done using age old methods, fishermen are now using techniques that not only take the larger adult dish but also the smaller and yourger fish. This deters the natural breeding of the young dish and the population is decreasing dramatically.
Because the fish population is diminishing, many of the locals are turning to fish farming and and alligator farming.
Living on the water becomes a natural and normal thing early in the children’s lives.
We took a stop for a local lunch and a rest on a hammock.
Here are a few videos of the village as we rode through on our boat and some of the local boats driving by...
The boat had a rope on a pulley used for a throttle (gas pedal) and another rope and pulley system for steering.
The volume of the Tonle Sap Lake varies considerably over the course of a year from an area of about 965 sq miles at the end of the dry season in late-April to an area of up to 6,178 sq miles at the later part of the monsoon season in September and early-October.
Many of these homes would be sitting on dry land in April or May at the end of the dry season.
These are normal daily living conditions for all of the people who live in these floating villages.
The main source of income is fishing but that is changing.
Over the last few years, fishermen have been less concerned about the environment and more about survival. Although fishing was once done using age old methods, fishermen are now using techniques that not only take the larger adult dish but also the smaller and yourger fish. This deters the natural breeding of the young dish and the population is decreasing dramatically.
Because the fish population is diminishing, many of the locals are turning to fish farming and and alligator farming.
Living on the water becomes a natural and normal thing early in the children’s lives.
We took a stop for a local lunch and a rest on a hammock.
Here are a few videos of the village as we rode through on our boat and some of the local boats driving by...
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