RAJABORI VILLAS - KOH TRONG

The King's Island - The Vietnamese village

Set on the south-west corner of the island, the floating vietnamese village has been there for generations.

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Destroyed under Pol Pot, it re-formed after the Khmer rouge were ousted from power. Both fishermen and fish farmers, these villagers supply most of the Kratie market. They rub elbows with the Cambodians but the two communities don't mix too much.

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Their village moves according to the seasons, stuck to the banks in the rainy season it then glides toward the middle of the river in the dry season and people reach it by boat or wooden gangways.
The Vietnamese have their own pagoda on terra firma, just above the village at the south point of the island.
True to tradition, they make the best coffee of the province.

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