KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 3/4/2004

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Phabong Hall - it's next to the Royal Palace and was started in 1993 to house the Buddha image from Laos' first king	Description of the silk production process	Checking out silk worms in a local silk village	Live silk worms
David and Katie begged us to bring some home as pets!	The yellow threads is the silk that's been boiled and removed from the cocoons, but not yet dyed. The dyes are mostly from local trees, and are displayed on the rack.	Baby silk worms. Aren't they cute?	Dyed silk thread
Weaving a silk scarf by hand. This is a very laborious process.	This lady is weaving a scarf that Katie decided was the one she wanted (despite the hundreds on display in their shop)! We're having it delivered to our hotel tomorrow when it's done...		This lady is making hand-made paper from tree bark. The process is similar to what we saw in India, but is much more manual and is very slow.