Hey travelers
To get back into more consistent writing, I thought a great way to share my travels would be through photo of the month stories. Each photograph captures some sort of story and as I continue to take more, the more I realise that the story is not what you created, it is the existence of an occurence in that moment which I find incredible to be able to capture on camera.
So if this is a series you would be interested in following then be sure to check in to see updates!
This months pick is a shot I took on a trip to the floating village of Kampong Phluk, Cambodia on my trip this past February. I had booked this tour at very short notice after arriving in Siem Reap at 5am and spotting a poster on the hostel wall advertising this tour. I was frankly tired and sleep deprived but knew this was something I was quite adamant on seeing and I am so grateful I went and got to experience it.
The floating village is about an hour outside of Siem Reap, mostly accessible through arranged tours with guides who work closely with the villagers who live there. It is located along the Lake Tonle Sap river and lake system and one of a few different villages but probably one of the most accessible for foreigners.
The village got its name from the floating appearance it gets during monsoon season when water levels rise so high that the area floods and the buildings lay on the water surface and creating a floating illusion. For decades this village has been building their structures on stilts to withstand being flooded during heavy rainfall.
I visited during the dry season where the homes were not floating as such, and I was warned about my expectations and that I would not necessarily see it as it comes up online, but in my opinion I enoyed it more being able to witness the village functioning during dry season and to see the structures which keep their homes afloat outside of water which you wouldn't see when flooded. Children were playing around, locals were farming and working on their boats and we were able to interact a lot more with the locals.
Choosing a single shot from the hundreds I took during this tourwas difficult to say the least but here it is!
Fig 1. locals sitting on a sandbank
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