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Welcome to Linda's and Garr's China pictures. |
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| Bridge near Shitou Village of the Bouyi people, GuiZhou Province. |
| Bridge at Shitou Village. |
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| The neighbor, a lady over 80 years old, was visiting the Bouyi batik artist's mother, also about 80. |
| Inside the artist's house. Melanie took a similar picture |
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| A Bouyi roof made of stone slabs as seen from the underside. |
| The batik artist's loom. |
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| The batik artist. |
| Elderhostelers watch the batik artist. |
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| A closeup of the artist's method. |
| A toolkit made of bamboo. |
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| The artist continues her original design. |
| Buying some of the Bouyi batik work. (L to R) Lynn, John, and the artist. We were amazed by the art work and by the low prices. |
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| Chickens in the Bouyi village of Shitou nestle down in a dirt nest. |
| Returning to Guiyang from the Bouyi village. |
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| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
| Note the satellite dish on top of this stone house. Crops are grown right up to the house, not wasting any space. |
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| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
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| Returning through Anshun we got another picture of the "Star Trek" monument in case the first one didn't come out. |
| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
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| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
| Many homes are made of stone. |
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| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
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| View from the bus returning to Guiyang. |
| Another picture of that interesting hillside. Are they tombs or just trees? |
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| (L to R) Linda, Garr, Jim, and Stan sing some oldies at the farewell banquet in Guiyang. |
| "The Lystads Plus One" (the one being Jim) singing some oldies at the farewell banquet. |
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| Gene and Betty sing the duet "You're Just In Love" from the musical "Call Me Madame" at the farewell banquet. |
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