クメールの水上村と死の橋を渡ろう！

クメールの水上村と死の橋を渡ろう！

Do I trust this bamboo thing? This real sketchy ass. This is quicksand. Look. Look. I’m stuck. Look. Look how much Look at how much mud’s on my thongs. Do you want to try and walk over this? Yes. Let’s do it. Oh my gosh. If I do fall in, at least my thongs are going to be cleaned. Right. Oh, we are in a village. We are not just at any village. This is the floating village. If you can see there by the poles on the houses, they’re not just poles for general. There are poles for water. Uh we’re here visiting my wife’s Andy who lives in that house there. And we will do a tour of that house uh later on. I have to show you this. Have a look at this scene over here. This is like nothing I’ve seen before. Look at it. That’s just nuts. Check out like tell me you’ve seen that before. That is amazing. You got all these things growing on the side. Check out old mate’s boat. And he’s got like the steering wheel off an old Camry to steer the bloody thing. That is insane. And then you’ve got this row of houses either side of the river. And look, you can see how that guy there, let’s say he’s 1.6 m high. That’ be that’ be 4 m 5 m easy. That house at the end there, like whilst everything else here is on stilts, that one’s got 44 gallon drums attached to it. which means it will float. It’s a floating house. A floating house, hence the name floating village. So all of this stuff here is part of the tonlay sap. And if you see on the map, the tonlay sap swells in the wet season to like a million times its size and then shrinks in the dry season. Hence why all of this is the way it is. And people have been living like this for donkeys years. So this village is called Kon PL. It is I’ll put the map up so you can see, but it is just a normal village. village life goes on. There’s plenty of people running little businesses out here. Check out they’re collecting the the bottles over there for recycling, which is really cool. Here’s some interesting vehicular equipment coming our way. That is magnificent. What the There’s more rust in that thing. I think the paint is holding it together. That is magic. Over here you’ve got the hairdressers. Want your haircut? You can get your haircut on the floating village, [Music] mate. Is he going to clear it? He is. Oh, what one? Look at the solid beam axle. Oh, one headlight. I love a good [ __ ] box. Oh, it it warms my heart seeing these [ __ ] apes here. Oh, right. We’re back in town and Canal is going to procure a uh coconut, which means I got to get the cash out. What do you reckon, David? Have you had one before? Never had one? Never. Go for it. Now’s your chance. So, we just met David the other night and worked out he was coming to the same place that we were coming to. So, we invited him along for an experience. Some experience. Some experience. But it’s it’s had to it means but it’s meant that Canela has had to dust off her tour guide chops. Don’t forget chip. And we’ve also realized how much she’s actually forgotten. You don’t say that part. I’m leaving that in. Uh it started raining. I’ve just stopped to have some lunch. Have some pork. Uh the girls have had some fish. David’s had his first local village meal, but it’s pissing down. Um, we might as well give you a house tour whilst we’re rained in. This is a typical bloody stilt house. Now, they’re pretty close together. There’s no fence. And you’ll have a look down here how they’re sort of constructed just on these poles. I don’t know if they’re concrete in or what, but they seem pretty solid. Uh, maybe I’ll retract that. That’s the bin system up here. So, when there’s done with drinking cans of piss, they just chuck them here in the bag. On the first level here, we’ve got ourselves a jenny. And it looks like some storage from some other bits. Looks like there’s some stuff going on down there, too. Some more under house storage. And, uh, to get up to this first level, you have to come up these very steep stairs. That’s where they come into the house in the dry. So you walk around but in the west when it’s the area is take over by water they enter the house from the other side. Ah so two front two backs can be front or back. Seasonal entrances. You heard it here first. So let’s go in and have a look at the joint. It’s a standard tin job where they’ve got these windows and bars on the windows. Wood nice and solid and nice and solid tin with these tech screws holding it together. It’s a very very rudimentary. Got this lovely motif here. As we walk through, ladies and gentlemen, we come into the main living area. One thing you’ll notice straight away is the the wood. It’s very breezy through here. And this one here looks like it’s could be a bit tighter, but that’s okay. Oh, you’re cleaning up. Bam. Clean. That’s art. Sega house is Oh, we’ve got the power board up here. So, this is where the electricity comes from. We’ve got an old fashioned vault meter. Have a look at that. Oh yes. And I think this is where they sleep. So they’ll have a curtain that comes down here to keep the mozzies and whatnot out. And they’ll sleep here. And they’ve got a mattress here where they’ll sleep. This is their fishing hooks here. Look at all these hooks and fishing stuff. So these guys, like everyone here in the village, they’ll be fishermen or fisher women if you want to call them that. Hey, look. Like every Cambodian house, you need a big speaker. And they also own a big [ __ ] off speaker. I don’t know if this one’s hooked up or not off, but it looks like it could do the job in a pinch. You can use these things here on the inside to hang stuff up. They’ve got their offerings up the top here and up the top over there. And yeah, it looks like a nice, very, very clean model place to sleep. Very, very clean, actually. So, very house proud. I really like that. They’ve got the Jenny over here just in case. I don’t know if that’s a generator or a boat motor. Could be a bit of both. and a car battery, I’m assuming, for batterizing things. There’s a mirror so you can check yourself out and make sure that you’re not putting on too much weight. We’ve got another relaxing area here where Max is annoying the [ __ ] out of his auntie by kicking her. And there’s my brother-in-law, Mr. Mo, who’s having a snooze. We’ve got the little baby in this room here. The baby’s 3 months old, and it’s another sort of sleeping room. We come through to the kitchen. The kitchen has even more breeze through with these um gaps in the wood. Now this is under like this will be under water. So can you imagine being here and this is all sort of water lapping at your feet. That would be just unbelievable. Canal set actually she’ll bring us back when the water is lapping at our feet. So that’ll be interesting. I’ve just noticed what’s going on here. Bloody stinky fruit for it in the bin. So we got the kitchen now. Stove. Very well organized pots on the wall. big bloody pot just over there. That’s the pot they use to wash with and to cool your beers. We had some fish for lunch. Again, sorry for the terrible light, but you can see the fish in there, which was grilled over the charcoal with this charcoal grilling apparatus. You got to have ventilation when you cook. So, they’ve got the nice vent here. And yeah, again, pretty bloody clean and tidy for where they are. Now, these Oh my gosh, these are flexing like you’ve got no idea. So, I’m a bit nervous standing on this, but canal assures me it’s been here for a long time and it’s strong. But Cambodians don’t weigh like us westerners. Coming out now to the laundry type area. I think this is where they actually this is where the guys were washing their dishes and things. They’ve got this sort of I know what’s that like a rubber. Yeah, that’s like rubber. It’s a rubber bit where they’ve got water and they wash the fruit, vegetables, and stuff here. And this is also the laundry slash bathroom through here. So, a very, very rudimentary Cambodian cam village style bathroom. You’ve got your squatter. You’ve got your scoopers with buckets of water to wash away your filth when you’re done with it. And your toothbrushes there up against the corrugated iron. Iron iron. I can’t talk. I’ve got an Olson. It’s stuffed me up. Clothes that are drying from their washing. Uh, and this, funnily enough, folks, is their neighbors house. You can jump the fence straight over to your neighbors. So, you’d better hope like hell you’re friendly with your neighbors cuz you can see them coming straight out of their [ __ ] house or shower every other day. And look at the view from out the back. This is something like I’ve never seen before. This view of this village is just something else. Get your eyes on that. I thought you talking about me. Oh, look at the view. Something you’ve never seen before. Have a look at the views here. A Cambodian that’s dressing like a westerner. No, I’m not. Who wears these pants? No one here is wearing them pants. These people do. The kids these day. I just want to still look young. You look like you’re just about to walk down Colin Street. None of this bloody straighten the village stuff. Yeah, cuz I’m not the religion from here. Just saying you can jump straight across the next door. Yeah, they better like their neighbors. I like to hope so. Imagine having a fire here with the neighbor. You just throw stuff at their house. Throw fish fake pace at each other. Let me just navigate this incredibly steep ladder. It’s It’s not a Do you know what? It’s a ladder. It’s not a staircase. A staircase can’t be this steep. It’s a freaking ladder. Look at this um storage area. Second floor. So, these guys, they’ve got their cooking wood and whatnot under here and some storage. There’s the big esky over there. You could probably walk underneath. Actually, no. Do I want to trust Do I trust this bamboo things? Okay. The man just walk up there and sleep in the hammocks. Why? What are you worried about? He’s asleep. Yeah. Oh, I don’t want to go there and annoy him. No, he’s just resting. See, this is the difference between you and I. Yeah. I wouldn’t go there and annoy him. You would. That’s the um It’s an anchor. anchor for the boat. It’s a boat anchor. Yeah. Do you know what? You put a W in front of that. Why? When you’re doing your emojis, you put the W and then the anchor. Think about it. Wanker. Oh. Oh my god. All right, let’s go. It’s okay. You’re short. You don’t have to worry about the height. So, it’s fine. Like I said, I’m about 30 kilos heavier than anyone that’s lived here or walked on this. Bloody hell. So, we’re underneath here. Does this go as far as where Max is? [Music] Oh, this this feels sketchy ass. Look at all the storage under Oh [ __ ] that snapped. Cobwebs and stuff. I fell. I am going straight through this. You can see everyone up here. Where’s Max? Where’s Max? Go’s going to go get Max. Jesus. Hide. Hello. No, don’t don’t jump on top of me. No. Oh, that makes my heart warm as well, seeing some actual beams across here. The right way. At least I know that bit’s going to be stable. This bit, eh, not so much. Oh, the flex is so unnerving. Oh, I’d never thought I’d say that this stuff feels solid in my life, but it does. These pieces are just like concrete compared to that bit. Check out the rest of the village out the back. And everyone’s out the back bit. Holy [ __ ] I nearly just snapped that bit off. Look at that. I just nearly went when I walk up here with Mr. Bum. Fin my nails. Yeah. And f the stair. It’s the same color. Mr. Bums asked me if this my nail polish. Like my shoes. Whose shoes are they? I don’t know. Uh, look, it’s not going to stop raining anytime soon. So, let’s go for a walk whilst we’re here. Tom, you know what? I’ll wear the Crocs down there. You got to wear Crocs. So, you got to get these shoes wet. Yeah. What’s the point? This freaking ladder. This is slippery like [ __ ] Is it easier if I go backwards? Oh, you [ __ ] This is way better. Well, this is how I’m doing it. So bugger to you. Look at my my beautiful Australian thongs are now covered in mud. Same as my beautiful Australian habana. Oh, let’s go down to the river this way. Yeah. Through the mud. Oh [ __ ] Yeah. Walk over. Yeah. Yeah. Oh [ __ ] You’re doing a good job. They look like old person shoes. Yeah. I don’t have that. I’ll walk on that where the tractor’s been. Yes. Watch. Oh, she’s slipping. Why not just walk up here, mate? Oh [ __ ] This is a rubbish f. I’ve fogged out one of me thongs already. This is quicksand. Look, look, I’m stuck. Look, look how much Look at how much mud’s on my thongs. This is [ __ ] This one here, too. Look, it’s sucked in. That’s ridiculous. Oh my gosh. This is a rubbish fire. This is where they would have just Oh my Oh, I’m stuck. I’m stuck here. Oh, this is rank. Oh, and I weigh an extra 4 kilos. My poor thongs. I’m walking like I’ve [ __ ] myself. Look at this. I might just try and wash this off here. Look at it. There we go. Or I could just go in the grass. Nature’s doormat, folks. Ah. Oh, this is actually really deep. That’ll do. Whilst I’ve been trying to demotify my shoes, get a load of it. Look at it. These guys are doing a bloody extension out to here. That looks pretty straight. Had a pass code. No worries. That was our place. One of these ones over here. I can’t tell. But uh it’s all happening out here. It’s muddy as [ __ ] I just can’t get over this view. I can’t get over the surroundings here. This is one of the most fascinating places I’ve been in Cambodia. The lovely staircases all the way down to here. It’s amazing to think that the water goes so high here. I’m going to say it over and over again, but talking 6 8 m worth. It’s just unbelievable. I’m just picking up more bloody mud now. River’s down there. Should we go in the boat? Let’s have a look at the boat. This is someone’s livelihood. Someone’s vehicle. Someone’s vehicle. Look, there’s a shoe. Someone else has lost the shoe here. They’ve given up. Check it out. Very rudimentary boat. There’s the engine at the back. There’s a dry bit at the back of this one. Get a load of the steering wheel. Oh [ __ ] I’m going to need a tetis shot after this bloody adventure. Oh, what’s that steering wheel from? These boats are getting worked on by old mate over here. They’re tied up so they don’t blow away. Blow away. Float away. This one here looks a bit grim. Look at the bridge. Yeah, we’re going to try and go on it. Let’s go and uh risk our lives with this bridge. The bridge of death. The bridge of River Quai. The bridge over the river Quai. Yeah. I think they did a bit better job at building it than this thing. Just going to get washed away. Anyways, do you want to try and walk over this? Yes, let’s do it. Oh my gosh. I’m Easy peasy for me. Easy peasy for you. Okay. Let me just make sure I’ve got the travel insurance number and speed dial. What do you mean? Oh yeah. I want to put on my story too. Okay. Just check out the views from the bridge. What’s happening there, man? We’re walking on the bridge of death. Come on. I didn’t see any walking. Oh, turn it up. Here we go. Do you know what? If I do fall in, at least my thongs are going to be clean. Yeah, but you do fall in into the water anyway. Hey, only fall into the water. Yeah, I know. Have a look here. Bit of wind. This is nuts. What a view from up here. Thank you. Good job. Great views of the town. I’m going back and through here too. That’s just It’s Look at the flow of the the river. Like we just rained. It’s flowing pretty bloody hard. Yeah. We’ve got a we got a speed demon. Oh yeah. Look at him go. Look at the weight. Power. Hello. Another one. Oh, he gave it a bit more curry. This is magnificent. Hey. All right. Come on. We’re going to make it. Oh my gosh. Look at how shitty that looks over there. Good job. All right, I’m at it. You can do it. You can do it. This feels really really slippery. You can see it, Mark. I believe in you. Yeah, but also this Oh my gosh, you’re so brave. It’s It’s There’s not nothing wrong with it. Have a look at the hole in that bit. Come on. It’s just really bloody slippery. because my shoes are caked in mud from our previous adventure. All right, we made it across the bridge over the river quai. Check out the nets in that boat there. Look at it. It’s just one big It’s one big tangle. Oh, that gives me gives me the irks. Check it out. That was a really dodgy bridge. What the hell is this? That’s it. He’s cold. Yeah, it’s actually marvelous. But it is pretty mild here by local standards. It’s a nice boat. Yeah. Yeah. That’s you and Mr. Green. So, I know. Have a look at the gradient from the street level down and just how the houses are constructed. I’m going to bang on and keep banging on. Actually, have a look at how steep these ladders are. They just go straight down. They are ladders. They’re not stairs. Okay, we got to go back over to uh back over to fridge. Back over the bridge. Just need to lose a couple lose a couple of kilos of bloody mud just for all. Come on. Oh, he’s moving along. [Music] Absolutely hooking it. [ __ ] Now, this is why I’m nervous is because it’s bloody slippery as anyway. So, I’m going to try There we go. There we go. That’s better. Just ruining it for the next person that walks across here. [Music] That’s significantly lighter. Okay, here we go. [ __ ] Again, it’s slippery. Like putting some weight on that and I’m all over Red Rover. She’s waiting like someone’s about to take a photo of her posing. You waiting for the photographer to turn up so you can have a photo of your pose? No, I was just thinking I was just thinking imagine how sick we would be drinking this water. Yeah, but it’s ice coffee. It’s the color of iced coffee. Don’t say that. You’re not drinking coffee, so why would you care? Let’s Can we see the floating house on the way back? Only if there’s no mud. Floating houses. This one here. Oh, this one. Oh, look. He’s holding on now. Good job. A show off. [ __ ] If this was dry, I’d have no problems. It’s just That’s really low. These handrails are like Look how Look how far if they bend down and get some for you. They’re not built for me. No way. Oh, come on. This is [ __ ] Built for my people. I know. And it’s I can feel my thongs just sort of scurrying underneath me. Yeah. Put two bit in both um panels so you don’t put weight on just one. Yeah, that’s right. See, technique. Technique. Oh, come on. Come on. How is that supposed to stop me? All right, we’re okay now. If I If I stack it here, that’s all right. Should be right. No, can’t say that. Why not? Yay. Well done. Here in front of us, we have a floating house. Let’s have a quick close-up look at this. Just be careful of this. Is a kitchen sink. It is. It’s a speestous. Is it? Oh, it’s just Let’s just assume it is. Look at that. It’s got to be a speestous. Um, have a look along the side. Yeah, this is where you will get a tetanis shot if you need a tetanis shot. Sorry. You’ve got these big 44gallon drums along the side which once this joint gets full of water, they’ll float. It’ll make it float. Look at how it’s all cobbled together under here. That’s a Volvo 44gallon drum. And there’s another Volvo one there for you Faly. They obviously are enthusiastic about their Swedish wagons. And there’s a few more. Oh, there’s a there’s a full boat under there. A full boat. And then maybe that’s how they get around. They’ve got their uh they’ve got their fire pit where they’re either making coal or I think they’re making coal or cooking there. It’s pretty good. Whoops. This is their back deck growing some stuff. It looks like a little oven here. What’s this little barbecue oven? Is that a Is that a gas tank or something? That looks like a gas tank fashioned into be an oven. Yeah, it is. Look, that’s the lid. That’s the top. There’s the threads there. You can see there you go. Where’s the long melon? Yeah. Oh, wow. That’s a big long melon. Winter melon. And just this is all This is really manky through here. So, I’m not going to go too far. Oh, who you talking to? Talking to the bloody chook. The ch’s going through. The chook’s still doing it. The chickens eating their rice. Ch stealing their food. Look at all the other bits of uh pontoon type arrangement that’s on this floating house. Yeah, I reckon they’d slide the boat. The boat would live at the front and that’s how they’d get around. It’s pretty small, but it’s got a gutter. Look, actually, there’s a gutter and it goes to a bottle which go to which go to a water tank over there. Whoa. Ah. Something bit me. What are those things? Fire ants or something. Got me. Yeah. Look, they’re fire ants. Ah, they’re all over it. You [ __ ] Okay. Yep. That’s back up. Yeah. We’re going to have to address this. This is painful as look. Then they piss off. Get out of there. Wash your feet up there. at the house. We’re at the back of the house anyway. Okay, just walk from the back. Okay, let’s go. All right, the fire ants have put an end to this cuz that’s hurts. Bitey red little bastards. Oh, yes. [Music] Oh, that’s better. Then you get those notable. Oh, much better. Wash these in here. No, you can wash it there. That’s where they have a shower, too. But just on the ground here. It’s going to get dirty. Okay. Yeah, that’s where they have That’s what I mean. That’s where they have shower. Why don’t I just do that then? Yeah. Why didn’t you just do it? I don’t know. Cuz I’m a [ __ ] Yeah, I didn’t want to say it. I’m just being a party wide. Good job. Try to stride up. My feet are clean. And there’s a fish parade happening. Look at this. Some sort of uh traditional thing. [Applause] All the kids have come out to see. Oh, heap of them right down there. got to go inside. This is way too loud. My ears are killing me. Hi, kids. Have a look at these poor kids. Your ears chew up. Not Not you. Your ears are okay. This kid’s ears are hurting. Oh, just sit here for. They’re going to have tonitis like me. See you later, kids. It’s time to go home. It’s been a long day. Max just cracked it. We’re waiting on the governor to turn up to come and bless this parade or something like that. But they’re miles away. So, we’re getting out of here. Hope you’ve enjoyed the video. If anything you’ve seen here has been interesting to you. If you enjoyed it, please give us a thumbs up. We really appreciate it. 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G’day everyone! Today we head down to Kampong Phluk to explore what its like to live out in the floating villages of Siem Reap. We look through town, tour a local house and get all muddy when we explore the banks of the Tonle Sap and cross the mighty Bridge of Death!

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