Portrait of an LBX

Everyone wraps themselves up so much in these areas that sometimes it's hard to tell whether they are Tibetan or Hui or some other ethnic minority. This Tibetan woman in Zekog (澤庫縣) takes some pride in her colors!

A group of men gather outside a newly reconstructed home in the earthquake-stricken area north of Chengdu. In contrast to entire towns that are being reconstructed, cookie-cutter-style, by state-owned construction companies from faraway places like Hunan and Guangdong, many of the individually reconstructed homes feature traditional styles as well as intricate woodwork and colorful designs.

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

An ethnic Hui woman takes home a bowl of noodles from the morning market in Shadian (沙甸), Yunnan province.

Two Miao (苗族) women walk through the Ameng Wednesday market. Check out those leg wrappings!

This Zhuang woman spent a lot of time around us but I think was too shy to try to talk to us.

The Chinese government should require that people smile more if they're going to dress so colorfully!

Everybody has their nicest hats on for the market!

One of the many colorful women in the Wednesday market in Ameng Town (阿猛鎮). As always, I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts on the ethnicity based on the clothing styles.

I said previously that Yunnan is my favorite Chinese province in part because it is so colorful. Despite the drought and the relatively subdued colors of the landscape, the people are as colorful as ever! I'm not versed enough to say I can accurately differentiate between the clothing styles, but I think this is a Zhuang woman, seen in a market in Laojie Village (老街村).