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.

Zhijin, Guizhou - Miao women

After visiting the Zhijin cave which was spectacular we saw these people walking along the street. They said they were from the Niao nationality. We got a lift in a car back to the nearest town where we caught a bus back to Anshun.

Dong girl, Fulu, Guangxi 1993

This is a close-up of a Dong girl taken at Fulu market in Guangxi in 1993. We ate in a restaurant there one day but when we went back to eat in the same restaurant again the next day they didn't want to serve us. Maybe we hadn't left a big enough tip! There were also some men playing a well-known drinking game involving numbers in the restaurant .

Congjiang in Guizhou

This is Congjiang in Guizhou Province where the Dong minority people came to the market. The river was used for transport as there was no road beside the river.

In the background you can see some of the old traditional wooden houses that the Dong people live in. I think there was a ferry across the river to get to that part of the village but I'm sure by now there will be a bridge.

Longsheng terraces, Guangxi

Menghai - Bulang girl Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 1993

This is a beautiful Bulang girl that I snapped on market day in Menghai in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, China in 1993. Can you see her beautiful hand-made earrings?

Dong wood carving on drum tower near Sanjiang, 1993

Look at this fantastic carving on a drum tower in a Dong minority village near Sanjiang where the Dong people live. The drum towers were where the people met for village meetings.