Report of Boeng Mealea began circulating in the late 1990s. A few intrepid souls brought back tales of being escorted by villagers to a lost temple buried under that vegetation. Built by Jayarvaman VII in the style of Angkor Wat, its scale in huge being well over one square kilometer within its moat. Approached by four causeways, Boeng Mealea appears to be a huge pile of rubble partially hidden in the trees.

Enjoy having small nap, start exploring at Kampong Khleang you will see the Life and how to live of the people on the lake. One of the most common adaptations to life on the lake is the floating village. Wooden house are built upon great mats of bamboo, metal drums or boat hulls, such that the Front veranda floats a metre or so above the water. As the lake rises and falls so do the houses. Villages move, not only metres up and down during the year, but also several kilometres back and forth as the Tonle Sap contracts and expands.