Day 5 Hike from Tang An Village

We stayed two nights in Zhaoxing village. We were all ready for a vacation from the bus! We did however change hotels in Zhaoxing so we never spent two nights in the same hotel over our 8 day trip.

On Day 5 we had a real treat for breakfast. Our host at the restaurant made crepes with fresh honey! We were all in heaven. That was our first meal that did not have something to do with rice or noodles.
After breakfast we drove about 45 minutes to Tang An Village. This was the start of our hike. We would walk through the rice terraces and back to Zhaoxing village. The weather was not great but we were lucky and only had a few drops of rain. This is Tim, Natalie and Shelly entering Tang An Village.

Views from the village

Sights in the village

This leaning building used to be a theater

View from the starting point of our hike.

Sights along the way

Grave Stones on the hill side.

We came to another village

This village had another way of worship. The offer sacrifices to the God Yan'Gong. The offerings are placed in these boxes that are attached to a long pole.

It seems that each village or clan worship different things and in different ways even though they are all from the Dong minority group.

These are filled with offerings
Natalie made friends with lots of the villagers.
These are instruments that the men play. We saw these in many different villages.

The hike continues..

Indigo plants

Arriving back at Zhaoxing Village

In the village
We saw fabric hanging everywhere in this village.

We had lunch after our hike and then we moved our things to a different hotel
and then we had free time!!!

In the late afternoon we took another hike to Xiage Dong Village

This little girl in the village played Peek a boo with Tim

She finally came out from behind the post. What a sweety