China 6
[ August 2007 / 123 images ]
A resident of Longsheng
Siesta
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Struttin
Harvest time
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Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
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Longsheng, Guanxi provence.
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An old tomb
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Hard to see, but there is a snake catching a frog there.
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Almost alpine
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Zhongliu village. A couple hours walk from Longsheng
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Cool the feet off a bit.
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Fun with the local villagers
Hi ho, hi ho...
Whatchoolookinat?
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Getting directions..... kind of
A Longsheng speciality, rice and sweetcorn cooked in bamboo
Yet another Chinese beer.
Crack it open and tuck in
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All aboard
Funeral 'wake' in Zhaoxing. Guizhou province.
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Zhaoxing is a traditional village of the Dong people.
One of the five drum towers
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Traditional Dong costume
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Fire up the pan, it's dinner time!
A Mei cooking in her kitchen.
Tasted great!
Yet another beer. Guizhou Shenqi Piju
Funeral procession
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Andrea, 5 mins after finding a cockroach in her bed. She wasn't smiling before.
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What they mean to say is that they are a travel goods speciality store.
*childish giggle*
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Breakfast in Liping
Mrs. Li. Owner of the place we stayed in Xijiang, a Miao village in Guizhou
She sang to us three times and we had to drink rice wine after each song. It's a famous Miao tradition.
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Around Xijiang village.
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Local dentist
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You can see where we were staying at the bottom left. The light coloured house.
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This little cicada is about as loud as you can shout.
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Nearly ready
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Storm coming
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Jiminy!
Nearly bed time