In Xiahe

In Xiahe
Originally uploaded by paulbrockmann.

If you wore out on the long intro to this whole section on my

vacation, then you missed my waxing poetic about the friendliness and

warmth of the people (especially the Tibetans, who are 50% of the

town’s population) in Xiahe. This guy and I met while he was

accompanying his younger brother to the bus station, and he decided to

say “hello” to me — this is a common experience in China. What’s not

common is to then chat a bit and find oneself instantly invited to his

home to meet his mom and sister and brothers and be fed tea and

steamed buns and generally proceed to spend the day exploring the

town. What fun!