Silk Factory

Welcome sign and flags of nations outside factory

Silk worms eating Mulberry leaves and silk worm cocoons

Sorting the cocoons by quality and dead pupae
after extraction of thread from cocoon

Extracting the silk thread from the cocoons and reeling it into wheels

Spreading fine silk and a finished product

Outside factory, the gang waits for the bus

Tongli

Map of Tongli and the jitney to take us from the bus to town (that's James pretending to be the driver)

Downtown Tongli and a pretty bridge over the canal

Restaurant along the canal and Cormorants resting prior to the evening adventure

Another use for the canal: washing clothing and an adorable child

Internal garden and an artisan cutting out delicate designs

Darrell and Lynda observing the scene and a wedding procession

The ubiquitous carp venue