Marco Polo Parts I - III

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Outside the Labrang monastery in Tibet, many food stands sell sunflower seed, soya beans and noodles.
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With cords providing control, the tangkha is then unfurled along a sloping wall.
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Pupils of the ceramics school in Dehua - where the best porcelain in China is produced - copy the bust of a Western boy.
Rice sifting in Pak Beng, a village not far from the Mekong river's big Laotian loop.
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Da Nang, far from the new centers of power, is hectic and relatively wealthy.
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Emptying one pool after another, Vietnamese saltwork laborers finally get to the salt.
The crystallization of salt depends on regulating the water flow into the evaporation pools.
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At a rice mill in Soc Trang, the heart of Vietnam's "rice basket," women collect bran to sell as animal feed. The factory all...
In the dawn haze, two women go to market in Camau, southern Vietnam.
Two sisters at play splash in the murky waters of the Mekong as it churns through Phnom Penh, the largest city on the river, ...
Barrage nets strung across the Tonle Sap Lake, the great regulator of the Mekon's waters, trap a bounty of up to 50 tons of f...
Farmers moonlight during the dry season prospecting for gold along the banks of the Mekong. Most of the panners are women and...
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The bride and groom eat from a communal dish. The Batak people, described by Marco Polo as being cannibals are mostly Christi...
Fisherman sort their nets in Belwan, a Sumatran port on the Strait of Malacca, Indonesia.
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Orangutans are shy and defenseless creatures; here one emerges from the forest in search of food and clean air.
Orangutan emerging from tree- Orangutans are shy and defenseless creatures.
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Gems are mined in water-filled pits and shafts, often deep and with their sides buttressed by wooden nails.
Precious stones are sieved and sorted before being sent to nearby Ratnapura for cutting and polishing.
In India, Chennai Province -Cows have been worshipped in India for 3500 years.
The young in the fishing villiages of Kerala dress simply and suitably.
Boat full of men rides atop of a wave in India.
Fishing is a family affair- last stages of net-cleaning. Nothing is wasted, Kerela, India
Fisherman pull their net out of the water to discover hundreds of minnows on it in India.
Fishermen go out for their nightly trip in India.
Couples enjoy a moment while standing in the shallow water of the Arabian Sea.
Under a full moon, fishermen prepare their boat for the night-time laying of the nets.
Women make decorations from cow dung which is a tradition in India.
A woman bows to a cow, which is considered a sacred animal in the Hindu culture.
A Brahmin celebrates a wedding in Chennai.
The priest throws rice grains onto the sacred fire, in keeoing with an ancient tradition.
Incense burning is a common practice in India.
Sadhus in Mumbai achieving mystical states with the help of marijuana
A sadhu in Mumbai, India. The hair of these holy men sometimes grows to 12 feet or even longer.
A man blowing a large amount of amount of smoke out of his mouth.
Sadhus gather regularly from all over India. Here they are in Junagadh, in Gujarat.
Two men sit around a sacred fire they build together.
Yajna is any ritual performed in front of a sacred fire usually with mantras.
Washing and drying cotton textiles..Sakidi Village, Gujarat, India