The Rising Mekong: Food, Floods and Life on Water
From August to November, the Lower Mekong transforms. Flooded fields, lush landscapes and a river on the rise reveal seasonal scenes, flavours and stories found nowhere else.
From August to November, the Lower Mekong transforms. Flooded fields, lush landscapes and a river on the rise reveal seasonal scenes, flavours and stories found nowhere else.
Southeast Asia’s largest fresh body of water, the Tonle Sap Lake provides sustenance for over 1.2 million Cambodians while also undergoing a unique, annual cycle of changing water levels.
Nestled at the foot of a mountain in Kampong Chhnang (which literally translates to ‘Port of Pottery’) province in Cambodia is a small settlement by the name of Andong Russei.