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Leaving Dalat, growing roses, growing mushrooms, making silk

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Roses growing just outside Dalat
Roses growing just outside Dalat
[ Rose farm ]
Looking across to Ta Nung (?) village, where Dalat's poorer residents may be moved to make way for tourism
Looking across to Ta Nung (?) village, where Dalat's...
Rice wine being manufactured
Rice wine being manufactured
[ Rice wine ]
A small coffee producer we visited
A small coffee producer we visited
[ Coffee ]
Inside a hut at the mushroom farm
Inside a hut at the mushroom farm
[ Mushroom Farm ]
Silk spinning machines with their operators
Silk spinning machines with their...
[ Silk Factory ]
We attracted a crowd here...
We attracted a crowd here...
...and some more
...and some more
Sorting the rice: the wind blows the empty husks away while the good stuff drops straight down
Sorting the rice: the wind blows the empty husks away...
Egg production
Egg production
Coffee and tea
Coffee and tea
More coffee and tea
More coffee and tea
Panorama across the same landscape
Panorama across the same landscape
Lunch at the top of the hill - absolutely delicious and absurdly cheap
Lunch at the top of the hill - absolutely delicious...
Ted, Wing and Mary all set to tuck in
Ted, Wing and Mary all set to tuck in
Much needed rest after all that food
Much needed rest after all that food
An idea of the Central Highlands landscape
An idea of the Central Highlands landscape
A village we passed
A village we passed
We'd slipped into monochrome by mistake, but these grasses by the road were tipped with a delicate wine-red
We'd slipped into monochrome by mistake, but these...
This could almost be Scotland (at least, in black and white)...
This could almost be Scotland (at least, in black and...
...as could this
...as could this
Sticks for sale?
Sticks for sale?
Domestic scene outside a splendidly thatched house
Domestic scene outside a splendidly thatched house
These girls were doing some washing... until they saw the camera
These girls were doing some washing... until they saw...
Back into colour, but too late
Back into colour, but too late
Another example of the local thatching
Another example of the local thatching

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