Tonle Sap @ SiemReap

4th Jan 2010

Our first destination after we done checking in Garden Village was to Tonle Sap. I believe we all studied this way back in our highschool years. Tonle Sap is the biggest fresh water lake in South East Asia. Tonle Sap is important for the people here as it provides them source of water and also source of income. Tonle Sap water flow changes direction twice a year and will shrink dramatically during dry season and increase rapidly on rainy season. The lake is huge and it is connected to Mekong river. We were lucky to be there during the dry season because it can be quite dangerous to visit during monsoon when the water reverse flow.

-I wouldn't recommend anyone to visit this place as it is costly which is about $20 and there is really nothing to see except a huge lake which looks like sea and poor floating villages with lotsa bucket kids begging.-

my ratings: 1*/10*

If you have spare money to spend and just want to be there to shout out that you've seen Tonle Sap Lake then you may.

Pics of Tonle Sap here