After a busy day of temple hopping and a lie in to reward our early start the day before, we set out for the floating villages. They do exactly what it says on the tin - they're villages that float. Well, they're individual houses and shops (we also spotted a basketball court) in villages which float. During the months of high water (which is around now), they float themselves towards Siem Reap. When the water recedes, they float off 10-15km into the middle of the lake so they can be near the fish. They're currently not doing much commercial fishing because the fish are busy laying eggs - seems like their way of avoiding fishing quotas!
The local kids seem to think that the way to entice tourists to give the money is to sail up to your vessel and offer you the opportunity to look at/take a photo of (touch?) a live snake. Eve was delighted as you can imagine.
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