Still not able to string together a post that is especially coherent. I think this is now due more to the fact that my brain is still processing the trip rather than the jetlag.
I thought I would post some more photos instead. Luckily for you, I will skip the 47 photos of cows that Mr. A took when he briefly had possession of the camera.
This is the view of rooftops in a village about 45 minutes outside the provincial capital.
This guy was fixing his roof. He was really interested in Mr. A and his Beijing/American accented Chinese.
This is where the villagers do their laundry.
This is a photo of L with all the nannies, the day after we met her. She was clearly relieved to be with them. It was the most calm and happy we had seen her be since we met her. The ayis were clearly thrilled to see the babies again.
This kid was the only person working at the cigarrette shop in Guangzhou. What the heck?
Family transportation. I don’t know if you can tell, but there are four people on that motorbike.
They were selling hot air balloon rides from one side of the mountains to the other in Yangshuo. It was part of the general touristy craziness there. We took this picture from a small, well-preserved 17th century village. It was bizarre to see a balloon come floating over the mountains.
AWESOME photos! Thanks for sharing. I love the rooftops. The tiles are similar to those used in Brazil (that’s where I’m from), they only look more rustic. I’ll be sure to tell my parents to take photos of rooftops like you did when they travel to visit my brother in May.
Was that kid/baby really selling stuff at that store?
The balloon does look quite out of place there… It’s still quite beautiful, though, I have to admit. (I love hot air balloons). The family in the motorcycle looks “familiar” to me from photos that my brother has shared.
Haha about the moterbike.
Was this kid selling smokes?…you have got to be kidding!
L looks like she really loves her Aiyi’s.
Fabulous pictures!
Lovely photos. As always, I want to (nicely) pinch L’s cheeks.
Also, it made me want to go to China (more than I already do). I live in a backwards household – I’m the one that wants to go whereas the man whose parents were actually born there is fairly indifferent.
I love the rooftop picture. Also the juvenile cigarette-stand attendant. She looks pretty serious about her job.
We went to that same village. My main memories are the old plastic bags everywhere, a scalded cat being stirred into a big pot and very expensive cars driving up and down that new concrete track. Oh and a passage of scripture painted in Chinese, in bright red, on the side of a wall. Now THAT was weird.
Not a big fan of the touristy travel genre, but a balloon ride over those mountains? I wanna!!!
Beautiful photos. You’re good!
Beautiful! I love seeing your pictures. You are a great photographer.
Your photos are great!! I love the one of the people washing their clothes. Makes me feel incredibly lazy that I was just sitting here trying to convince myself to go and turn on the washing machine!
This is going to make me sound really stupid, but the family on the bike – they have two children. What about the one child policy?
Don’t worry – just went onto wikipedia and figured it out myself!
I think the people on the bike actually have three kids! It looks like there’s another child on the woman’s back with its shoe poking out.
Love the site!