Our most recent adventure..

We went with the Kleins to go river rafting and to see the Tulou buildings at Yunshuiyao. It was a pretty fun day.

I don't have any pictures from going down the river. I don't have a water proof camera. But this was our third time rafting. It was fun. They put you in a two person rubber raft and you sit facing each other. You put on an old orange life jacket and a bright yellow helmet. Then they give you a bamboo pole and send you down the river. It was so much fun. That's why we did it three times.

Then we had a yummy lunch at a hotel in the local town and then we headed out to the Yun shui yao Tulou buildings. This is the third location we been to. It was different from the other two. We had a good time.

And now, pictures:

 Our guide - Selena. She put this whole day together. The rafting was in her home town.

 Driving past the banana farms.

 

The tea farms and the mountains.

 The water wheel on the river.

 An amazing old tree. It's a variety of ficus.

 A rivulet. Very picturesque.

 On the step stones to cross the river. We got there during the last hour of daylight.

 It was a beautiful evening.

 The tea trees right in the middle of the buildings.

 The round building is called a "tulou" building. It literally means earth building.

The entrance.

 

Inside. There was a small Buddhist shrine in the middle.

 This one was four stories tall.

 The rice. When it turns yellow it is ready to harvest.

 Working in the garden.

It really was a great day.  We had lots of fun. We are trying to make the most of our remaining time. My next blog post will be about our trip to Fuzhou.