If Cambodia is not on your bucket list yet, you must add it! Siem Reap quickly captivated my heart. We spent four days there and could have stayed for so much longer! On our second day there we hired a tuk tuk driver to take us to the floating village and hired a local to take us on his boat to see the village.
We learned over 200 families (about 6,000 people) call this little floating village home and make a living by fishing. Many of the villagers like to go fishing with just a bow or inflatable kayaks. While we were on the boat, a crazy storm blew through. I’m talking 30 minutes of some of the most insane rain I have ever seen {and I’ve been in three hurricanes}. Our local guide quickly tied us up to the nearest boat and we all hid in the shelter until the storm passed. We learned first hand how dangerous it can be living on the floating village.
Overall, if I am being completely honest I probably would skip this in the future. It felt a bit like a tourist trap- even though we hired a local and didn’t go through a traditional tour guide because we want it to get fast to our blackbuck antelope hunting ranch. Regardless of how I felt about the village, the colors were beautiful and it was incredible to see how different people live.
{also, i sadly deleted 99% of our my photos from this day… these are all i managed to recover}
Find more about our trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia here
29 Comments
Alex @ Life Well Wandered
October 12, 2016 at 9:11 amI’ve never traveled outside of Europe and the US but posts like these show me just how much of the world there is to discover. Cambodia is on my list!
Allie
October 12, 2016 at 10:00 amCambodia is on my bucketlist! So sorry you lost so many photos! That is always the worst!
Abby Castro
October 12, 2016 at 11:13 amThis post is so timely! I am going to Cambodia in a few weeks and have been debating whether to visit this floating village or not. Guess not! So excited to explore Cambodia seeing how well you liked it!
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Bryn Bradsher
October 12, 2016 at 11:29 amThat rain storm sounds terrifying! But such a cool, colorful village! Love your travels! xo Bryn http://www.waketonroad.com
Taryn Newton
October 12, 2016 at 11:38 amThis is so cool Chloe! So awesome you got to experience that!
Valerie
October 12, 2016 at 12:21 pmWow – I’ve never heard of this but it sounds like a fascinating way of life.
Bailey Black
October 12, 2016 at 1:35 pmWhat an incredible experience. The photos are so interesting and beautiful. XO
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Aisha Sylvester
October 12, 2016 at 1:52 pmThis is absolutely incredible! I love learning about destinations I had never heard of before and these photos just bring this very special place to life. Thank you for sharing!
Robert Stukowski
October 12, 2016 at 10:31 pmI heard stories but haven’t seen any pictures of the place. It looks nice. The village is a great use of space. Haven’t traveled outside the Northeast US, but if I get the chance to go overseas, I might check this place out.
Chei Pangan
October 12, 2016 at 11:56 pmThis is such a cool place but what if the rain storm will come. It’s terrifying too.
Christina
October 13, 2016 at 7:44 amThis looks so amazing! I would love to go and check it out.
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Jen Dang @ Skirt The Rules
October 13, 2016 at 7:46 amWhat an incredible place! Gorgeous pictures!
xo Jen
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Nataly Kimball
October 13, 2016 at 10:05 amThis looks so amazing! Great photos girl!
-Nataly
Ariel Samangka
October 13, 2016 at 12:02 pmWe travelers what makes us happy is seeing different culture, seeing how people live at their own comfort. This is such a wonderful place to visit, I like the color of the house that speaks about their rich culture and a simple life they have.
ROBERT LEE
October 13, 2016 at 12:40 pmTyphoons and hurricanes are the same… I live in the Philippines and we have an average of 20 typhoons a year, so your being in three is … UNFATHOMABLE! LOL! Anyway, I love how you have had the experience of staying in one of the floating houses there. It must have been truly incredible and amazing, regardless if it is a tourist trap and of course, it is. The experience is so radical and that is what you spent for.
Brooke Triboletti
October 13, 2016 at 1:09 pmThis is so beautiful and so amazing! Thanks for sharing girl! Loved it!
Brooke
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Ashley Hargrove
October 13, 2016 at 2:35 pmThis looks like such an amazing place! I actually might have the opportunity to go next year!
Kimberly Clifton
October 13, 2016 at 5:20 pmWow! that is such a unique placef! so beautiful!
Kim
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Berlin Domingo
October 13, 2016 at 9:21 pmThank you for sharing this with us. I have been wanting to visit Cambodia. My friend and I planned of visiting there as well in Vietnam but then I got pregnant. Now that I have a baby, it makes it harder to make plans. But in time, I will visit Cambodia. As of now, thank you for bringing me there through your writings and pictures.
Katie Ann Lehman
October 13, 2016 at 10:57 pmSO sad that your photos were deleted :( but these pictures are still amazing! What a beautiful place.
Katie Ann
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Liana
October 14, 2016 at 12:33 pmEven tho your photos were missplaced, those photos are amazing, and that’s such a beautiful place to visit! I’ve heard about this floating villages. I just want to see it IRL!
Cece Lam
October 15, 2016 at 2:15 amWOW!! Cambodia seems so amazing. I need to visit one day!
The Sunday Mode
October 16, 2016 at 2:32 amI enjoyed looking at your photos, it’s always interesting to see places that are greatly different from where I live. I find places like this to have the greatest impact on me when I travel :)
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Danielle Alexandra
October 16, 2016 at 1:19 pmWhat lovely photos! Looks like such a great place to visit!!! xoxox
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Kasey
October 16, 2016 at 1:26 pmThese photos are so amazing! Your expereince looks incredible!
Anna Plaida
October 16, 2016 at 11:30 pmHope someday I can visit other countries aside from Asian countries. This place is so nice and unique. Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos
Felicia Silver
October 17, 2016 at 10:47 amI love the vibrant colors of the buildings there! Def looks like a great place to visit.
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mollymia
November 4, 2016 at 1:49 amoh dear, what happened to your camera and you ended up deleting most of the photos! it’s a shame! because those you put up were beautiful! when you mentioned that it’s like a tourist trap, is it because the cost for this ‘tour’ was too high? or is there constant selling of goods or ‘donations’ asked along the way?
Bea De Guzman
November 4, 2016 at 2:41 amI didn’t know that Cambodia has floating village. I thought it is Thailand’s thing. It doesn’t look like a tourist spot at all but its always nice to see places that are not. But maybe I’ll skip that too if ever I’ll go in Cambodia. I’m from the Philippines and I’ve seen a lot of like that. :)