Gui Zhou, February 2009 a miao 苗 village, 贵州雷山天下西江 the view from the cabin where we stayed ̶ a miao 苗 village, 贵州雷山天下西江 the view from the house where we stayed ̶ ̶ HongXia Baba ̶ Hong Xia Baba and Hong Xia Mama ̶ Generous Yan Ge drove us for a two day holiday in his bread truck ̶ ̶ Yan Ge, HongXia Baba, HongXia, me, NiuNiu, XongXia Mama ̶ YanGe won't waste his water on a burning tree :-) ̶ a girl ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ things move slow when lost in a Miao village in the mountains of Gui Zhou ̶ a cat and a light ̶ ̶ the history of how all things evolved from clouds and fog to trees and water bubbles and people ̶ a water bubble flying from fog and clouds ̶ Hong Xia MaMa hamering the sticky rice ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ my bride ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶