Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap River, Cambodia, taken August 2010.
As the earth turns closer toward the sun, the ice caps of the Himalayan peaks melt and icy water trickles from the mountains into streams which turn into tributaries to the Mekong River. The meek Mekong awakens, bulges, and its now-mighty current hits the Tonle Sap Lake full force; the lake rises, and with it rise the floating houses, boats, and livelihoods of the Kampong Phluk community. And the men fish. And the children swim to class, to meet their friends, and home. And the women patch the houses. And the earth turns again.
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