The Floating Village
On our second day in Cambodia, we headed out to a "floating village" to see the sunset on the water. All of the houses in the village are raised 20 feet or more off the ground on wood supports. During the wet season, the river rises all the way up the stilts to the house's porches. Most of the families that live in the village own a boat that they use to get around during the wet season.
Kakada drove us in the tuk-tuk for about an hour and a half through to reach the village. We passed racks and racks of smoked and smoking fish along the way. When we arrived at the boathouse Kakada talked to the owners. They provided us with a boat and a driver.
We learned that the houses there only just got electricity last year, so it's pretty new for them. Most of the locals, fish for a living and the waterways were very crowded.
We rode in the boat about an hour to get to the best place to watch the Sunset. It was super fun because the driver let us sit on the bow of the boat for the ride there.
After taking some pictures we headed back. Along the way, we stopped for a snack of some smoked fish and bamboo rice (sticky, sweet, coconut rice with black beans, steamed and bamboo). Overall, I enjoyed the trip even though it was a long tuk-tuk and boat ride to get to the final destination. We got back to our hotel around 10:00 p.m.
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