China Pictures

Here are some pictures from my trip to Szechuan...

This is me with some of my cousins

This is me and the extended family.

This is me carrying a basket...because of the hilly terrain, the basket is how people carry stuff from place to place. (the thing weighs a ton!)

This is the house that my relatives live in. The house is over 120 years old...my great, great grandparents used to live in this house. It's made completely of concrete and wood, has no heat, and only recently was the floor cemented down (before it was made of dirt). It's probably one of the nicest houses in this village. The weather in Szechuan is very similar to the weather in southern Iowa, so in the wintertime the place gets really cold.

Here's a picture of my parents and me. This is here simply because I love my parents (and they sometimes check my blog) :-)