Cambodia - Tonie Sap Lake, 2006


Tonie Sap Lake is close to Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor.

It is connected to the Mekong River and accepts its "overflow" in the wet season, rising to 9 metres above its dry season level with its surface area increasing form 2,500 km˛ to 13,000km˛.

The Cambodian fishing industry is centred on the lake and is still mainly comprised of small enterprises and family groups, although larger businesses are now setting fish traps at the end of kilometres of "guiding" nets, plundering stocks and inevitably creating problems for the future.

Because of the massive seasonal changes in water level and surface area of the lake, the people involved in the fishing industry live in "pole houses" built in the lake on poles above the "high water mark", or in "floating villages" at the edge of the lake.

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001. Heading out onto Tonie Sap Lake
1. Heading out onto Tonie Sap Lake 		002. Searching for fish
2. Searching for fish 		003. Family fishing on the lake
3. Family fishing on the lake 		004. Another fishing group on Tonie Sap Lake
4. Another fishing group on Tonie Sap Lake 		005. Pole houses in Tonie Sap Lake
5. Pole houses in Tonie Sap Lake
006. Pole houses on the lake
6. Pole houses on the lake. 		007. Pole house on the lake
7. Pole house on the lake 		008. Pole house with children swimming in the lake
8. Pole house with children swimming in the lake 		009. Pole house with extensions in progress
9. Pole house with extensions in progress 		010. Another pole house on the lake
10. Another pole house on the lake
011. Another Pole house on the lake
11. Another Pole house on the lake 		012. Two forms of fishing on Tonie Sap Lake
12. Two forms of fishing on Tonie Sap Lake 		013. Major fish traps on the lake
13. Major fish traps on the lake 		014. Birds on the lake
14. Birds on the lake 		015. Two young men out on the lake
15. Two young men out on the lake
016. Another small boat on the lake
16. Another small boat on the lake 		017. Approaching the 'floating village'
17. Approaching the "floating village" 		018. Houses in the floating village
18. Houses in the floating village 		019. A house in the floating village
19. A house in the floating village 		020. A view of the floating village
20. A view of the floating village
021. Another view of the floating village
21. Another view of the floating village 		022. The greengrocer making house calls
22. The greengrocer making house calls 		023. Mother and child in the floating village
23. Mother and child in the floating village 		024. Floating 'department store'
24. Floating "department store" 		025. Houseboat in the floating village
25. Houseboat in the floating village
026. Another houseboat in the floating village
26. Another houseboat in the floating village 		027. Floating Police station
27. Floating Police station 		028. Back to Siem Reap
28. Back to Siem Reap 		   
 
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