Market scene at Huangcaoba in Yunnan 1993

Market scene at Huangcaoba in Yunnan 1993.

Hani woman at Jinping on market day in 1993

A Hani woman looks pensive on market day in Jinping in southern Yunnan in 1993.

Mongolian woman in Yunnan 1993

A mongolian minority woman in Yunnan 1993. We were taken to the village by an English teacher calling himself Albert who had a dream to live in Italy. I wonder if he ever fulfilled his dream.

Miao couple in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

A Miao minority couple on market day at Jinping in southern Yunnan province in 1993.

Group of red hat Yao women in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

A Miao minority woman looks on as a group of red hat Yao women chat on market day in Jinping, Yunnan in 1993.

Miao women selling bananas in Huangcaoba, Yunnan 1993

Miao women in Jinping, Yunnan in 1993

Miao women in Jinping, Yunnan in 1993. One of the interesting things about Jinping is that there are at least 3 different ethnic minorities living there - the red hat Yao, the Miao and the Hani. You can find photos of all 3 groups on this blog.

Ethnic minority woman in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

An ethnic minority woman in Jinping, Yunnan 1993. Jinping is a fantastic place - a real melting pot of different ethnic minority groups and well worth a visit. It is off the beaten track, hardly anybody knows about it and that's probably what makes it such a great place to visit.

Close-up of Hani woman in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

A close-up of a Hani woman in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

Yao girl in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

Unmarried Yao minority girl in Jinping, Yunnan 1993.

Hani women in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

Hani women shopping in Jinping in Yunnan in 1993.

Yao man smoking a water pipe in Jinping, Yunnan 1993

A Yao minority man was smoking a water pipe by a river in Jinping, Yunnan 1993 while his wife was prospecting for gold in the water.

Jinping market day scene 1993

A group of red hat Yao minority women chat as a Miao minority woman looks on in Jinping in Yunnan province, southern China in the Autumn of 1993.

Bulang woman in Xishuangbanna 1993

Bulang woman in her house in a village in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, China in the Autumn of 1993.

Woman smoking a pipe, Xishuangbanna 1993

Here is a minority woman smoking a pipe in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan in 1993.

Man on horse cart, Yunnan 1993

In one of the towns we visited in Yunnan, there were numerous horse carts and the men driving them were standing up like this. What a good sense of balance they must have!

Dai woman in Yuanjiang, Yunnan 1993

Dai woman in Yuanjiang, Yunnan 1993.

Woman at market in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan 1993

Wow, look at this headgear. How long did it take her to get ready to go out?

This woman was snapped at the weekly market in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan in 1993.

Bulang Girl, Xishuangbanna 1993

This is a beautiful Bulang girl at a market in Xishuangbanna in 1993

Girl at Huangcaoba market, Yunnan, 1993

Here is a shy girl at Huangcaoba market in Yunnan, China in 1993. Her mother features in another of my photos on this blog. There were mainly green mandarins and green bananas for sale at the market.