Boeung Tonle Sap

Tonle Sap Lake is said to be the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia. If seeing is believing, here’s a picture of the enormous lake. Looks more like an ocean, huh?

Chong Khneas

These photos were taken at Chong Khneas, another floating village on Tonle Sap Lake. This village is a tad touristy for my liking. And the waters here are not as clear as Prek Toal’s. But it does have its magical moments at sunrise.

Madam Genteel

This is the lady who invited me to her home for the scrumptious lunch. She is so gentle and placid like the lake she resides on. I will never forget her hospitality. And she will always remain as one of my favourite portraits that I've taken.

Prek Toal

Here are photos of Prek Toal, a floating village in Tonle Sap Lake. The village is amazing, very tranquil and rustic – something that I don’t get to see in my “concrete jungle” country. One picture shows my lunch at a home there. Looks scrumptious, huh?

Hope Floats

I travelled to Siem Reap for the third time last December. I did not visit any of its world famous temples (now’s a bad time to visit the temples as they are under repair with many sections closed off to the public until 2010), instead I went on a day trip to the great lake known as Boeung Tonle Sap.

The largest freshwater lake in South East Asia, Tonle Sap supports an extraordinarily rich and diverse eco-system with more than 100 varieties of waterbirds, over 200 species of fish, and other wildlife that inhabit the inundated mangrove forests. An important commercial resource, the Lake also provides more than half of the fish consumed in Cambodia and is home to many ethnic Vietnamese and Cham communities, living in floating villages around the lake. I had the opportunity to visit one of these floating villages at Prek Toal which I will share my experience in pictures over the next few days.