- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
RAINS SIGNAL TOURISM SEASON IN FLOODPLAIN CAMBODIAN VILLAGE EACH monsoon, the soaring stilts that hold up the houses of Kampong Phluk prove their worth, as the dusty Cambodian village is transformed into a deep waterway. The village, a short ride from the ancient Angkor ruins, is on the floodplain of southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap. The lake swells between the dry and wet seasons, expanding from an area of 2,500 square kilometres to several times that size at the height of the monsoon rains in September and October. When Kampong Phluk floods, residents also change their pattern of life,…
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