The location of the weaving center is technically in an area off limits to foreigners, but we had special permission.
The roads are not well maintained as you can see. We had to go really slow.

The weaving center is really just a hut.

The woman on the left in the reddish shirt is the teacher.

There were 4-5 women weaving. This area is very male dominated
so the weaving should earn income for women.

The teacher helping a student.

An attempt at a creative shot.

On the way back the boys ate sugar cane.

Here's the checkpoint where we had to get special permission.

Even the map says "No Foreigners Beyond This Point".

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