Sunday, January 18, 2015

Trip to Kampong Pluk (Floating village)

We went for a tour of Kampong Pluk. This village is flooded every year in rainy season when the water raises 6 meters. You can see the houses are all built on stilts to handle the flooding.


Even the school is raised.

We went out for a boat trip into the flooded forest. These trees are so important as wind breaks and protection for the village that the chief's permission is needed before cutting any of the trees down. In the flooding 90% of these trees are under water.


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