Mr. Marom does not go to Chong Khneas as it is over run by tour groups but rather to the more distant and harder to reach Kampong Phluk.  The ride through the villages was entertaining, we saw evidence of two weddings and a funeral or rather the last wake 100 days post demise.

At a river side village we transferred to a narrow long-tailed boat, sitting in rattan chairs with lifejackets for cushions.

We made our way out on to the lake along narrow waterways lined with bushes.  Through gaps in the 'hedge' we could glimpse the vastness of the lake.

The inhabitants of the Tonle Sap villages are mostly Vietnamese immigrant fishermen who built their villages on stilts. 

By the end of the dry season they can be as high as 30' in the air.

The children become proficient boat handlers at an early age.  Taking the boats to school themselves.