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On our way
We had a nice hike around the mountain to reach the point where a driver picked us up. They kept making fun of Jean Claude.
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Uploaded on Jul 31, 2009
Watching pictures
They confiscated my big camera to check the pictures. But I had a compact as a backup.
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Mama
She is filtering tea for a copious breakfast. They put puffed rice and corn in it, as well as hot chili peppers.
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Did and his dog
These are mostly pets, I don't think they help with any task.
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Jean-Claude Paul
I had only asked Jean Claude for advice about something to do over the week end but he went way...
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Irrigation
A network of bamboo half pipes brings water to the rice fields.
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Star trails
I was too tired and impatient to enable the dark-frame suppression for long exposure and was punished by a fair amount of thermal noise.
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Peeling a fruit
I was impressed by the use of a huge and sharp cleaver to peel this fruit.
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Mama cooking
Not sure how old Mama is but she was working hard from dawn till dusk. The wok on the left is huge.
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Cooking
I was struggling to illuminate the room. The walls were quite dark and made bounce flash impossible.
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Uploaded on Jul 30, 2009
Cooking
It was the grandmother's birthday and we had a great meal with much rice wine and beer.
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Phone pictures
Jean-Calude is showing pictures of a man who had caught a huge snake with his bare hands. Our hosts were unimpressed and found it quite normal.
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Didi's village
The trip to the village involved a two-hour bus from Guilin, followed by an hour in a smaller bus,...
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Bamboo forrest
Didi
Didi is a farmer and my friend Jean-Claude's buddy. He came to pick me up in Guilin because I could...
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Louise (Guomei)
Louise was the bubbly hostess for the balloon trip and spoke a very good English with a fun Chinese-British accent.
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Uploaded on Jul 30, 2009
