We traveled to the floating village of Chong Khneas.
There are many floating villages on the Great
For more pictures, see:
http://www.peaceofangkorweb.com/TonleSap.htm
Most of the locals live on house boats and most services- including police, health, school, religion, retail (see below) and Karaoke- are all provided on the water.
Local "traveling salesman."
Although finishing is the main occupation, crocodile farms appear to do well.
On our way back from the village, we stopped at the Cambodian Land Mine Museum.
Three decades of war in
Unfortunately, one of the most lasting legacies of the conflicts continues to claim new victims daily. Land mines, laid by the Khmer Rouge, the Heng Samrin and Hun Sen regimes, the Vietnamese, the KPNLF, and the Sihanoukists litter the countryside. In most cases, even the soldiers who planted the mines did not record where they were placed. Now,
History of Land Mine museum:
http://www.cambodialandminemuseum.org/history.html
Many of the different land mines recovered by Aki Ra, Former Khmer Rouge Soldier, who founded the museum and now works as a de-miner.
Also see:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week647/cover.html