chicagotribune.com
April 27, 2008
CAMBODIA
A visit to the floating village of Chong Kneas is a popular side trip from Siem Reap, the jumping off point for Angkor Wat, but its popularity has created perhaps predictable consequences. Local fishermen have found begging to be more lucrative than fishing and they now swarm around the tourist boats in vessels with outboard motors, in rowboats, even in bathtubs and plastic buckets.
April 27, 2008
CAMBODIA
A visit to the floating village of Chong Kneas is a popular side trip from Siem Reap, the jumping off point for Angkor Wat, but its popularity has created perhaps predictable consequences. Local fishermen have found begging to be more lucrative than fishing and they now swarm around the tourist boats in vessels with outboard motors, in rowboats, even in bathtubs and plastic buckets.
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