Floating fishing village

In Cambodia I went to a floating fishing village on Tonle Sap (lake) which had lots of houses and its own school and shops. This village on Lake Tempe was not anywhere near that. There were only 5 houses. Apparently there used to be about 100 houses here but the lake has been overfished and many people have left to find a better way of living. The lake has also been clogged up with water hyacinth weeds which can double nearly every day so the floating village can get overwhelmed by them. A new route has to be found nearly every day.
But the boat trip out along the river and onto the lake was great. And lots of birds: terns, herons, egrets, swamphens.
So it was all worth it.Read more