Monday, 6 April - San Jiang to Long Ji

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Breakfast in San Jiang
Breakfast in San Jiang
Room notice
Room notice
Notice on bedroom door about what to do if there is a fire
Notice on bedroom door about what to do if there is a fire
Fishing for supper
Fishing for supper
Our Dong guide
Our Dong guide
Michael trying to translate what she said into English
Michael trying to translate what she said into English
Waterwheels for irrigation
Waterwheels for irrigation
Six waterwheels for the irrigation
Six waterwheels for the irrigation
Ladies ploughing the fields
Ladies ploughing the fields
Bridge construction with no nails
Bridge construction with no nails
Stone paving to paths and roads
Stone paving to paths and roads
Tourist signpost
Tourist signpost
This area is more commercialised than the others we have visited
This area is more commercialised than the others we have visited
Typical houses
Typical houses
Man selling reed pipes
Man selling reed pipes
Michael our guide
Michael our guide
Musical event using different size pipes
Musical event using different size pipes
Ma'an village entertainment
Ma'an village entertainment
The cast
The cast
The drunkards in the drinking song
The drunkards in the drinking song
Welcome song - more rice wine
Welcome song - more rice wine
Dong costumes in Ma'an village
Dong costumes in Ma'an village
The get everyone together dance
The get everyone together dance
Off to get the next load
Off to get the next load
Walking through the Ma'an village
Walking through the Ma'an village
Domestic scenes
Domestic scenes
How to make shiny material
How to make shiny material
Dong house layout
Dong house layout
Courtship ritual of Dongs
Courtship ritual of Dongs
The bridges we have been seeing today
The bridges we have been seeing today
Drum Tower explanation
Drum Tower explanation
Dong singing seems popular
Dong singing seems popular
Taro plant
Taro plant
New bamboo shoots growing
New bamboo shoots growing
So many new houses being built and without any nails
So many new houses being built and without any nails
Ornate carvings on houses - no nails or screws used
Ornate carvings on houses - no nails or screws used
Large cabbage leaves drying to be pickled
Large cabbage leaves drying to be pickled
Little temple area on one of the bridges
Little temple area on one of the bridges
Rice starting to be uncovered now as the shoots are big enough
Rice starting to be uncovered now as the shoots are big enough
Yan village was the second one we walked through
Yan village was the second one we walked through
Another rice grinder
Another rice grinder
Lunchtime
Lunchtime
Hand ploughing
Hand ploughing
Long Ji paddy fields
Long Ji paddy fields
Long Ji terraced fields
Long Ji terraced fields
Half way up the mountain
Half way up the mountain
Long Ji fields with village
Long Ji fields with village
Map of the area of Long Ji
Map of the area of Long Ji
Our guest house has the chimney on a flat bit of roof
Our guest house has the chimney on a flat bit of roof
Rhodedendrons 1
Rhodedendrons 1
Irrigation pipes
Irrigation pipes
Bamboo used to get water flowing in the correct direction
Bamboo used to get water flowing in the correct direction
Fields being flooded
Fields being flooded
Path wending its way around the contours back to the village
Path wending its way around the contours back to the village
Home at top of mountain
Home at top of mountain
Fabulous views of the rice fields some already flooded ready for planting
Fabulous views of the rice fields some already flooded ready for planting
On the path back to the village
On the path back to the village
Ploughing before flooding
Ploughing before flooding
Some still being ploughed before flooding
Some still being ploughed before flooding
View from bedroom of where we walked
View from bedroom of where we walked
Warm enough for drinks outside before dinner
Warm enough for drinks outside before dinner
Our room in the Ping An guesthouse
Our room in the Ping An guesthouse