Rice paddies are plots of ground in which rice is grown. The soil is very clay like and requires a lot of tilling. It has to be turned into a muddy slurry before the rice seedlings are planted. We bike on ten speed mountain bikes that get VERY muddy during the week. Each group brings along one lap top computer on to which we download digital pictures that we take along the way.
Snake is a common food found in all the markets.
In one village a man invited us to go snake hunting with him . Thei saafely preserves it for many years. The Seven Stars Crags is a beautiful area that has limestone mountains and caves surrounded by lakes . . . Fireworks and fire crackers are still popular in China. Divide that by 7.8 to convert into US dollars .