OUTSIDE HOI AN, TOWARDS MY SON
In This Photo You Can See Rice-Growing In Four Different Stages: Land Preparation,
Early Seedling Growth, Transplanted Seedlings, and Mature Rice Ready for Harvesting
Ducks Being Herded Through the Rice Paddies
Water Buffaloes Are Still Used to Pull Traditional Plows to Prepare the Soil
for Planting
Fishing Takes Tools: A Boat (In the Front, Of Course) And a Net (In the Background)
A Closer View of One of the Huge Nets Used for Fishing in the Thu Bon River
In and Around Hoi An
A Train Crossing in the Countryside
Family Graves Are Placed in the Middle of Their Ricefields, Oriented According
to the Directions of Geomancers
The Countryside Is Unbelievably Green...
...Green...
...GREEN!!!
Help Us Decide...
...Which of These Photos...
...Should Be Included in the Final Site...
...To Show How GREEN It Is!
These Road Construction Workers Wouldn't Let Me Pass Without Taking a Photo
of Them
Many Family Homes Have Gates Like These Identifying Their "Turf"
Tobacco and Red Chili Peppers Are Common Crops, Left Out to Dry in the Sun
During the Hottest Part of the Day
But Rice Is Certainly the Main Crop; Farmers Transplanting Young Shoots Is
a Common Sight
Farmers Winnowing the Harvested Rice At the Side of the Road