 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 |