The Village

Asia » China
June 27th 2007

Published: July 5th 2017

Geo: 28.9985, 102.217Bill's village and the family home. Its beauty took my breath away the first time I visited in August 2006. A whole new world and I feel privilidged to now be part of it. The family home is a wooden house up in the mountains. The countryside is extremely lush and the house is comfortably nestled into the bamboo forests and blooming vegetation. It's perched on top of th... Read Full Entry

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Bethan Liu

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TP PROFILE Former TravelPod Member: weixiao Joined: March 19th, 2005From: The beautiful city of Peterborough lives in Peterborough,United KingdomFavorite Book: Lonely Planet guides - all of them!Favorite Movie: Monsters Inc plus anything else DisneyFavorite Music: Anything.Hobbies: TRAVELLING!Languages: Chinese, French and English sometimesBucket List: Get a job that paysProfession: Primary School TeacherAmazing Event: Hugging a cuddly panda in Chengdu. Hugging Sculley at Disneyland FloridaDescription: Wouldn't like to know!! Anythi... full info

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Happy Childhood in the Village

This is what i imagine Bill looked like as a kid :)

The chickens roam everywhere.

Looking down on the rice paddies

We visited just after a mini landslide so the road to the village was blocked. It was a 2hr walk up the beautiful mountains. I didn't fancy riding on the back of a motorbike!

Looking for eels

You know there's an eel when you see a little air hole in the mud. You then dig your hand down until you catch it! Bill spent his childhood getting up to mischief like this!