Last full visit today and was a really nice one. Tomorrow we head back to Beijing and then fly home the following day! Don’t yet feel travel weary, but expect will feel good to get home.  We’re currently sitting on the teak porch of this beautiful room (truly a room for a family of 4- most of China does not get this concept- one child policy is a very real thing)

Waiting for our guide Michael to pick us up:

We first stopped at a local market. We thought this was the worlds largest cucumber, but it’s actually a wax gourd:

Rawls’ favorite- snails!

(Rawls and I skipped the meat section and glad to have missed out on the alternative local meat options available.. meow meow 🤢)

Admittedly I was questioning this family visit / tofu making stop, but turned out to be a lot of fun, esp for the kids. Shepherd offered to work for them for free plus pork dumplings.

Grinding the soy beans:

Cooking and straining the soy milk

After being the targets of photos all trip, the boys decided they wanted a photo with this little guy

We picked out our river fish for lunch

And then headed on a long walk along the river. The guide here, “Michael”, has been great

And we ended with a bamboo rafting experience / definitely touristy + very fun