Hello all guides,
I hope you are well, and already start something exciting for 2022.
I don’t travel much lately to share about new places, but of course I have many places I visited in the past and wanted to share to all of you.
If you have followed me and read some articles of mine, you knew that I launched many posts about floating villages around Cambodia and I also mentioned about my experience there differently. Link to a list of floating villages to visit in Cambodia.
| No | Name of article | Province | Links to articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kompong Khleang floating village | Siem Reap | Floating village of Kompong Khleang |
| 2 | Kompong Pluk floating village | Siem Reap | Floating village of Kompong Pluk |
| 3 | Phat Sanday floating village | Kompong Thom | Phat Sanday floating village |
| 4 | Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary | Battambang | Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary |
| 5 | Fisherman on Water | Siem Reap | Life on water |
My experience at those floating villages was great and unique. I witnessed one of the greatest sunset during my trip in Phat Sanday floating village on Tonle Sap lake back in 2017 during my mission there. That was when different kinds of birds flew back home to their treehouses. I only captured photos in the phone which cannot really do justice of how beautiful it was. Along the way to where we viewed those birds, there were big birds like pelicans, looking for food in the open lake. Sadly, I couldn’t get better quality photos to share, only these captured by phone. Birds photography needs such a high and advanced tool and lens to captures, e.g: lens 400mm with a pro camera.
Sunset, trees and birds
Touring the village
To capture photos of under-forest or beautiful sunset, you need the right season and time, say going in dry season and you need at least 1N2D at the site. First, rent a local boat and tell them you want to go for sunset view. Second, touring the floating village during the morning and then walk in the underwater forest. The underwater forest are visible and accessible during dry season (December to May) and lay underwater of about 5-10m in rainy season.
Floating forest - a shelter for monkeys and gibbons, viewed in dry season. In rainy season, these forest is under water
Some floating houses in the floating village of Phat Sanday
Underwater forest in dry season
We were listening to the sound of the gibbon calls
Fisherman village
Sunset
Can’t tell how I felt at that time!
Beauty of the sunset over the lake is un-compared
Phone camera isn’t ideal for such eye-catching and breath-taking landscape
If you look closer, you will see uncountable birds on those trees in white color
… and there are more…
…those birds, those trees and the sun…
