Tonle Sap Lake And the Stilted Village

We spent the afternoon traveling out to Tonle Sap Lake which is one of the largest lakes in southeast Asia. This lake rises about 100 feet during the rainy season which means it floods tens of thousands of acres of land which then gradually become dry enough to plant rice. This is about two months into the dry season so part of the land is still flooded and part is rice fields. You can see in the photo where the water begins.
We rode on one of these boats with its crazy looking propeller down to the stilted village. There are actually more
than one of these villages but this one has about 2000 residents. It has its own primary and secondary schools (on stilts) a temple and some restaurants.
The people are fishermen and are poor but they were setting up for an Independence Day celebration (independence from the Khmer Rouge) and seemed to be having a good time.
We ended the day at sunset by the lake and then went back to Siem Reap Night Market for dinner.
Easy day today before we attend a traditional dinner and dance performance tonight.
Tomorrow we take a five hour bus ride to Phnom Pen.