Peasant's Lunch

These geese are about to be lunch for our party, but not me. Veggies all the way.

Hope this doesn't offend anyone but I've now had beer twice. When the bottled water I'm carrying runs out I have no intention of drinking tap, so beer it has been. When in China do as the Chinese, right?
Roasted peppers. I must say, with all my cringing that the meal was excellent. We had the most incredible pumpkin leaves sauted in garlic. The fried rice was fabulous.

Red lanterns are everywhere here. Abbey asks me if they are pumpkins. Everything is so lush, tropical, and jungle like.


This restaurant has not been rated by our food service standards, let me tell you. It was a faith walk for me. Very off the beaten path. We are going with the flow here.

They stick wood from that pile over there below these cooking surfaces and light it. Everything is done with huge woks.
My friend Emily selecting the veggies we will eat. I will spare you details and pictures of the animals being prepared at the table beyond that, I couldn't even look. I also will not describe the blue pool you can see the edge of in the foreground. Temporary home to turtles and crabs.

Mr. Yang and his wife June who have been so kind to Abbey and I.

Okay, this is one of the places things got a little gnarly for me. On the way home from the beach last week we stopped in a little village for lunch at a peasant's home. It was like a restaurant on a farm. There is really so much I cannot say, but my eyes were really opened on this venture. It may sound strange but this lunch really helped me understand China a lot better and why things happen that are hard for us to fathom (like children being place at orphanage gates). I've seen a lot on various travels, but this took things to a whole new level of understanding. There is just a lot I won't say at this point. I'll focus on the positive, we made it through.