Tonle Sap Lake Floating Village

Tonle Sap is a large inland lake that swells after the rainy season and then shrinks to about 1/3 of its size through the year. There are people living on it. They live in a floating village that moves from year to year. These people are Cambodian, Korean, and Vietnamese. They have lived this way for centuries. They can't afford the land and have learned how to make a living on the lake fishing.

In the dry season when the lake is down they collect the firewood and sell it in the market. So somehow they make a living from the lake. I have pictures that I will add later because this internet connection is to slow to upload them.

The lake is in the northern part of the country close to the border of Thailand. The terrain doesn't change much across the country side. Still low and very wet.