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Boy in Mai Chau Valley who's selling a scarf, which could also be used as a table runner, on behalf of his mother. The cost is about three U.S. dollars.

Location: Mai Chau, Vietnam

Date: July 2008

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III

ID Number: #0A524481


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Overhead view of the picturesque Mai Chau Valley, with rice paddies separated by thin green strips of earth

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Boys riding by rice paddies in Vietnam's Mai Chau Valley with white earphones, probably meaning an iPod, or perhaps a knockoff

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Boy having a haircut next to a Thai-style stilt house in the Mai Chau Valley

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Carrying baskets along rice paddies in the Mai Chau Valley

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Man carrying plow that he used in muddy rice fields demonstrates this truism: If you don't own a water buffalo, you are one.

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Satellite dish adjacent to a rice paddy. Many Vietnamese still rely on terrestrial broadcasts for TV, but this village is in a deep valley.

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Ducks in Mai Chau Valley. Land in Vietnam is privately owned, and sometimes areas of water are fenced off to protect private property rights.

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Water buffalo being led along rice field in Mai Chau Valley

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Water buffalo being led along rice paddy in Mai Chau Valley

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Girl herding, more or less, a pair of mild-mannered water buffalo along rice paddy in Mai Chau Valley by means of a wooden switch

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Bicycling through Vietnam's Mai Chau Valley. Low traffic makes it a good place for cycling, and bicycles can make their way along most rice paddies.

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Bicycling through Vietnam's Mai Chau Valley. Low traffic makes it a good place for cycling, and bicycles can make their way along most rice paddies.

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Vietnamese children near the rice paddies of Mau Chau Valley

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Vietnamese children running in the Mau Chau Valley

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Girl in Vietnam's Mai Chau valley on wheelchair, used by her mother, who is crippled because of malformed knees

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Boy in Mai Chau Valley

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Rice paddies, intentionally flooded arable land that takes about three or four months to grow rice, in Mai Chau Valley

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A cafe selling cold beer, Bia Hoi, overlooking the rice paddies in Mai Chau Valley

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Boy in Mai Chau Valley who's selling a scarf, which could also be used as a table runner, on behalf of his mother. The cost is about three U.S. dollars.