two boys, not camera shy

some of the village ladies

Since my friends had been to this village before they had developed pictures they had taken of the villagers and brought prints back to them. You wouldn’t believe the excitement this caused! They were anxiously waiting for the photos almost as soon as we arrived in Karong. I’ve never seen families negotiate in this manner…

another family photo

our host home

still some snow

around the neighborhood

I’m leaving today for a two-day trip out in the countryside. Myself and 4 other friends will be taking a bus about 3 hours south of Xining where we will then hike 3 hours or so to a mountain village. This village is one that can’t be accessed any other way so I’m pretty excited.…

I had plans to tell a few stories about my time in Xiahe this past weekend.  (The pics told their own stories, but I had a few more that required words.)  That was the plan…and then we took another trip to a Muslim village a few hours south of Xining.  Now I don’t know what…

prayer flags at our potty break spot