Portrait of an LBX

Elderly men sit and chat near a market in a Hebei mountain village.

Old men sit and talk outside of a home in rural Shanxi (山西) province.

An old crippled man sits on a hill overlooking the town of Langmusi, or Lahmo, and its monasteries.

An old woman walks home with her cat in Langmusi.

A Tibetan yak herder gestures while telling us about the anti-Chinese protests in his town in 2008, part of a larger series of protests and rioting across Tibet and Tibetan areas in Sichuan that took place in the lead-up to the Olympics. He was jailed for 20 days for his part in the protests, while others we met had been imprisoned for as long as a year. The large army presence in this area is evidence of how closely Tibetans and their religion are monitored and restricted in China.

Hats were pretty popular at this market on our way out of Yunnan.

Spotted in a small-town market on our way out of Yunnan.

A farmer at a little market on our way out of Yunnan. Yunnan has been great for markets.

Finally, we come across a man wearing something besides Western-style clothes! Although, having no other reference points, I have no idea whether he is Hani (哈尼族), Yi (彝族) or Yao (瑤族). Given that I saw him in the Lvchun (綠春) market, I'd bet Hani though.