Where I went - up to the cave temple - stopping at the weaving village, and returning down stream, stopping at the whisky village
River boats
Unloading
My man, the boat driver
Driver, boat and gangplang
Ferry crossing the Mekong
And a guy fishing by net
Fishing net
Pulling the fishing net
Riverboat
Riverboat
Swimming in the Mekong
Umbrella fishing
Mekong Countryside
Family life on the river
Three boats
My boat on the Mekong River
Stop at the weaving village
Weaving silk
Trimming
Preparing the loom
Shuttle motion
Loom
Showroom - really nice silk skirts and table cloths - S$5 - 10
Shuttle action
Weaving
Adjusting the loom
Weaving
All day weaving
Silk spinning
Loom and spinner apparatus
Weaving on the porch
Want elephant dung paper. Its actually quite interesting
A road less traveled - but often walked
Making paper
Lifting wet paper
Drying paper
After inserting flowers and leaves
Walking back the lady is now spinning silk
More about spinning
Walking back to my personal transport
More to come
C. Frank Starmer