Tonle Sap Lake
Floating hut on bamboo poles on the lake
From: Asia » Cambodia » South » Kampot
Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more]
Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more] Blog: My body will not be the same!!
Date: December 23rd 2006
Fri 8th: Time to leave Siem Reap for Battembang across Tonle Sap Lake. A short bus ride to the floating fishing village of Chong Kneas to board our boat for the journey....and what a boat!! No more than 2 metres wide with seats running lengthways, to accommodate 12 tourists, 2 locals and all our backpacks. The backpacks were securely (!?*!??) stored up the back behind the driver who, by the wa ... read more
Date: December 23rd 2006
Fri 8th: Time to leave Siem Reap for Battembang across Tonle Sap Lake. A short bus ride to the floating fishing village of Chong Kneas to board our boat for the journey....and what a boat!! No more than 2 metres wide with seats running lengthways, to accommodate 12 tourists, 2 locals and all our backpacks. The backpacks were securely (!?*!??) stored up the back behind the driver who, by the wa ... read more
Comment on Tonle Sap Lake
Adventure No. 1 to Vietnam and Cambodia: 8th October - 22nd December, 2006.
Adventure No. 2 to Canada and Central America: Countdown commenced....9 sleeps to go. Roll on 4th May. Hope Mel's ready for the Mumsie invasion. Thanks be to Graeme who, once again, will hold the fort while his mother tries to get this travel bug out of her system.
... full info
| Joined: | October 5th 2006 |
| Status: | BLOGGER |
| Blogs: | 19 |
| Photos: | 164 |
| Forum posts: | 0 |
| TB Code: | [photo=764635] |
Options
Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved
The text and photos of this article remain the copyright of the Author (Intrepid Mumsie). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the Author (Intrepid Mumsie). If you wish to use or publish photos or text from this article - please
Contact Ex-Nurse Annie (Intrepid Mumsie) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.