Image of the Day November 22

I thought this was an interesting image. At first I assumed this was a village that may have been flooded. At first glance there appears to be buildings underwater to me. However, when I looked into it, it turns out this is a fishing village built on stilts. This is the Ko Panyi Village in Thailand. It was originally built by Indonesian fisherman back in the 18^th century. You can see white spots on the water which I assume are boats creating wakes as there is little other way to move from place to place in an area like this other than boat. This is a very old village that has withstood the test of time. It makes me wonder why it was built. There is land surrounding this village that it may have been able to build on way back when. There even appears to be a building on the right side of the river on the shore as well as one above the village. What could have happened that the idea of building a village on stilts was better than building on the land?

Image source:  http://twistedsifter.com/2011/03/25-mind-blowing-aerial-photographs/

Information source: http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/phang-nga/phang-nga_attractions_town.html