Kompong Phluk Siem Reap

Had a much needed lay in - slept til 12pm! A bit naughty but we needed sleep.
And so we left the hostel at 1pm to go to the village on stilts - Kompong Phluck I think?

The taxi driver from yesterday took us but after speaking with the friendly staff at Jasmine Lodge we realised that he would not be able to get it that cheap for us. …

Yesterday, I had the chance to experience a piece of Cambodian culture that very few visitors to Siem Reap ever see, the floating and stilted villages of Tonle Sap Lake. Located less than than an hour south of the city, the villages are unique glimpse into a very foreign way of life. We chose to visit the town of Kompong Pluk, a small fishing …

So we took a night bus from Sihanoukville to Siem Riep. It has to be one of the worst journeys we have been on yet - mainly due to the fact that the road was very badly maintained and our driver wanted to get there as quickly as possible. At one stage we hit a pot hole so fast that both of us thought the bus was going to tip over. We were also held …

For a change of pace, I scheduled a full day to be spent on the lake.
Tonle Sap Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and is an important part of Cambodian life.

In the dry season, water flows away from the lake, while it reverses flow during wet season, swelling the lake to three times the area. It is home to …

Ancient Angkor

And what a seat it is!

The crown jewel of Cambodian history, Angkor Wat (the temple of Angkor) awaits you just a half hour tuk tuk drive outside Siem Reap. Yet ancient Angkor is so much more than this (albeit splendid) wat – at over 400 square kms, this was the centre of the Khmer empire and includes all the …

Without a doubt the best thing about Siem Reap is the beautiful people. Nothing is too much trouble and they go out of their way to make sure you enjoy Siem Reap which we definitely did. If you are going or thinking of going to Siem Reap I would suggest you allow at least five days if not more. We had four nights here which gave us three full days …

Although not completely dashed, Sylvia's hopes of not being pestered to spend money in this country quickly diminished. So frequent are the requests to ride in a tuk-tuk or receive a massage that the markets even sell T-shirts stating "No Tuk-Tuk No Massage Today". However, the Cambodian people do seem to have a gentler and more genuine spirit …

... so they can have a better future. One more night here and we're off to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, in the morning. So long, Siem Reap.  Wish we could stay longer. Aside:  Tiffany was travelling alone as she had done many times before. ...

Verson traduite plus bas January 14, Siem Reap, Cambodia "I never thought I would miss my purple bucket (to wash clothes), nor my tent!" mentions Peggy, unhappy to be sitting on dirty carpet. That is the problem now with our new way of travelling: being ...

... sunrise (which was lovely). Usual breakfast. Then, we had already arranged a trip to Tonlé Sap lake and the village of Kompong Phluk (which has many different spellings). He said it was not especially popular as most people only ever wanted to see ...

... and "bombies" collected – as much a scourge here as in Laos.        A Village on Stilts (Kompong Phluk): We took a boat to visit a village on the Tonle Sap Lake  – this lake has a river of the same ...

... fishing village of Kompong Phluk in advance.  They were definitely a world apart from what is considered normal to most. Kompong Phluk was a communitiy of floating homes, schools, stores and even a basketball court.  It is located on the northern ...

... of Laos and departed the country on the last day of our visa and headed for the dry-seasonbheat and tourist town of Siem Reap, Cambodia. We had heard the horrors of what rapid tourist development had done to Siem Reap due to the +2 million tourists that ...

... une embarcation plus petite, canoë de bois le plus souvent conduit par une villageoise, pour circuler dans les « rues » de Kompong Phluk.Les  constructions sont en bois, à travers le plancher des maisons, on voit l’eau venir chatouiller ...

... not! Children Children seemed genuinely happy with whatever simple pleasure they can find. This was most evident on my visit to Kompong Phluk stilted village as part of my Tonle Sap boat cruise.  I can't disagree rolling in puddles would be fun ...

... villages, Kompong Khleang and Kompong Phluk. What an experience to see how these people live. We had lunch at a house in Kompong Phluk, walking along planks and climbing up really dodgy ladders (I know….again!) to get there! Other things of note ...

Approximately 18 ½ hours after leaving Sea-Tac we landed in Siem Reap Cambodia. First order of business was to obtain an entry visa, easy enough, get in line, pay a fee and go to the end of a long counter behind which 5 or 6 bored looking officials ...