After lunch, we headed towards the famous Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Hopped on a boat and off we go to visit the Vietnamese floating villages in the the middle of the lake.
The locals were securing their boats.
Look at all these old school boats :D
Looks just like those fishing villages you see by the shore, except this is by the river bank.
During the rainy season, the water level will rise and this boat will be able to operate again. Right now, the river is too shallow for the boat and it is too risky to use this boat as there is a very high possibility that it will get stuck.
His job is to try not to let the boat get imbalance, so whenever the boat starts to sway to one side, he will move over to the other side to make it balance.
The locals build these racks high above the water and store their stuff on these, so that they will not float during the rainy season when the water level rises.
And here we are on one of the floating house in the middle of the lake (or sea, cause the lake is so big I can’t even see the other end of the lake). Crocodiles are bred and reared on the boat for their meat and skin. Yeah, they build cages on the floating house and keep all these reptiles in it.
1 for USD1000 if I’m not mistaken.
This was a few hundred I think.
Can’t remember what this fish is. USD20 for the fish soup that is only enough for 2 people.
旅游业基本上是他们唯一的经济来源。他们的东西其实一点都不便宜，想买个手信给朋友也必须千挑万选，因为每个都买不下手。
Look at those tiny crocodile paws :(
老妇女正努力的把小船里的积水往外泼。
夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。
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