Last Day in "Rural" China

Today was the day to explore the ancient village. We went to get breakfast - a piece of toast for LuRue (too much to eat last night), some french toast for Montana. After that, we took a quick walk around half of the village. We found trails that went into the "woods" or as much as we will get in China. We didn't follow the trails too far though, because it was sprinkling and the trails were rocky. We then walked the other direction and found old houses that have been improved to suit the person living in the house. The thing that stood out most though was a house with fish hanging on a line to dry and underneath it, a TV playing. 

We went back to the house and LuRue rested up for a bit. Montana edited her pictures and started on the blog. We went down to eat at 12:30, then went to go do some filming for the upcoming feature length movie. We went out to sightsee the other part of the ancient village and climb up to the shrine we saw the other day. This turned out longer than we suspected. What was thought to be an hour at most turned out to be a 2-hour walk. 

First we walked to the shrine and climbed the stairs to the top. We saw lots of fire crackers, since it is the last day of the Chinese New Year according to the hotel manager. It was a beautiful view of the karsts and we could spy on the bamboo river rafts drifting by. Then, we walked down to the bridge where the river rafts were going under, but before they went under, there were police with fish nets where the river rafters put something in. We think it was a ticket for going under the bridge, or something similar. Then, on our way back, we went down to the Xing-an bridge. We had to cross some narrow muddy paths, but we eventually got there. We watched some rafters slide down the short waterfall, then we headed back to our lodge. After dinner, we settled the bill with the manager. We went to bed early, because it will be another early morning.

We took a little bit of a rest, then started packing up what we could. We then went to the restaurant to get a dinner. While waiting for the food, we FINALLY found the salt and pepper. All those dinners we were wishing for salt to add, it was right in front of our face. That doesn't seem too unusual with us though.

After dinner, we settled the bill with the manager. We went to bed early, because it will be another early morning.

After we were all ready to go to bed, one of the reception ladies knocked on our door and gave us each 6 Tangyuan, a Chinese New Year dessert. She gave us 6, because it is a lucky number in China. We both thought they were delicious. 
Here's a page on Tangyuan: http://www.instructables.com/id/Tangyuan-Glutinous-rice-dumplings-in-sweet-soup/