Photos show Cambodian children attend school in floating villages along the Tonle Sap lake.
- DELGADO Associated Press and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated PressAugust 17, 2026, 12:07 AMKAMPONG PRAHOK, Cambodia -- On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, getting anywhere has always meant navigating the water.
- It isn’t any different for schoolchildren.
- Most mornings, a gas-powered boat chugs through Kampong Prahok floating village, steered by students often no older than those climbing aboard.
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- DELGADO Associated Press and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated PressAugust 17, 2026, 12:07 AMKAMPONG PRAHOK, Cambodia -- On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, getting anywhere has always meant navigating the water.
- It isn’t any different for schoolchildren.
- Most mornings, a gas-powered boat chugs through Kampong Prahok floating village, steered by students often no older than those climbing aboard.
Sources: ABC News