Travel to Cambodia [Part-3 ~ Kampong Phluk]
Jeff on 10 27, 2009
Kampong Phluk floating village ~ (Rating: 3/5 
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With the wind blowing through our hair across the faces, the cool sensation cooled us down from the hot and humid weather. I could smell the fresh air from the mangrove forest as our boat approached nearer to our destination – floating forest. We thoroughly enjoyed the view during our one hour ride. Kampong Phluk floating village is only accessible by boat and it’s located approximately 25km from Chhong Kneas. The villagers are primarily Khmer, only 10% out of the 400 families can afford to buy a motor boat like what we had chartered. Besides that, Sam (our guide) also told us that most of the kids living here suffered from malnutrition due to the bacteria filled water environment and the lack of medical aid resulted by transportation constraints.
Flooded mangrove forest surrounds the area and is home to a wide variety of wildlife including crab-eating macaques. As one might expect, Kampong Phluk’s economy is based on fishing, primary in shrimp harvesting.
Travel to Cambodia [Part-1 – Summary]
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