Chris was either lining up a shot or photographing tiny Mao statues |
Center square in Chungdu |
Britt kisses Chungdu's golden snake |
Matt and XioeFeng stare-off |
Britt's order arrives |
Typical street scene in Nanxi |
You can call her Ruby |
Wedding rehearsal feast |
Matt Britt and Chris 1 |
Matt Britt and Chris 2 |
Ryan and some uncles |
Grandfather pouring a toast |
A local beer |
Grandpa toasting bride and groom to be |
Xiao Feng's grandfather |
Ryan, Xiao Feng, and some nieces |
Before the rehearsal |
Ryan, Chris, and Matt |
XiaoFeng's neices with Ruby |
The black eye just won't fade away fast enough |
One of Xiao Feng's neices |
Ruby |
Britt |
Morning of the wedding...checking out the state of the black eye |
Britt and Matt awaiting the ride to pick up Ryan |
The rides decked out for the wedding procession |
Xiao Feng awaiting Ryan's entry |
Ryan makes his entrance |
We're not in Kansas anymore |
Ring exchange 1 |
Ring exchange 2 |
The wedding party |
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Pre-wedding photo of bride and groom |
Qifei and friends |
Ribbon says Father of the Groom...I hope |
Britt eagerly awaiting the start of the wedding |
Stuck in that pose |
Rockstar and his woman |
Parents of groom and bride |
During traditional Chinese wedding ceremony |
Parent seating before being brought up |
Ryan discovers he must sing to his new bride |
Chillin after the wedding |
Nanxi on a beautiful misty day |
My first lesson in use of a scale |
Wonder what happens if I call the number |
Another mode of bride transport |
Heart in a shell |
Taking a GPS reading out the window |
Nephew's monkey act part 1 |
Nephew's monkey act part 2 |
Rock transport via turtle |
Something I said provoked this |
Not sure what I said to provoke this |
Our train tickets back to Chungdu |
Matt draws a crowd of onlookers |
Children of Nanxi part 1 |
Children of Nanxi part 2 |
Children of Nanxi part 3 |
Qi Fei and Britt in the carriage |
They both got the memo about the peace signs |
Tunnel to the river ferry 1 |
Tunnel to the river ferry 2 |
Our shoes |
Chickens in a basket |
The skyline and foreground ferry |
View from the ferry 1 |
View from the ferry 2 |
Ferry dropping people off upstream |
Xiao Feng the new bride |
Greeters |
I was thinking it rains here a lot |
Farmer's field |
Peppers? |
Field of bok choi? |
Western influence in rural China |
Qi Fei checking out the drying grain |
Not quite Tide |
Not quite a Twinkie |
Chris 'Vanna White's' the Twinkie |
All natural ingredients |
Much better than a Twinkie |
Rice paddy |
Something burnin' in the far-away |
More drying grain |
Plaque for old tower |
Qi Fei in front of old tower |
Old tower again |
Another angle of the old tower |
Fields below |
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Farmer's plot |
Farmer telling us to leave |
Britt in a jungle |
Area around Nanxi |
Qi Fei's bouquet |
Qi Fei and her bouquet |
Showing me the bouquet and/or water bottle |
Local produce brought in from the other side of the river |
Bringing produce in from the other side of the river |
Music in the park |
Qi Fei and Spongebob |
Riverbank view |
Every day is Earth Day |
Yes, we deliver |
Owners of world's best beef jerkey shop |
Nightfall on the river |
Chinese version of a pagoda |
Xiao Feng modeling the color purple |
My itinerary home |
Mt. Ranier |
Glory |
Close-up of glory |
Rugged terrain below |
Crater Lake |
Zion NP |
Tributary of the Colorado River |
Grand Canyon 1 |
Grand Canyon 2 |
Practicing |