![Mountain area on walk to Gao Shan Village.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335265.MountainareatoGaoShan.jpg) Mountain area on walk to Gao Shan Village. |
![Gao Shan.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335262.LastvillagebeforeGaoSha.jpg) Gao Shan. |
![The sun gets hot up here and any shade is welcome.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335271.Thesungetshothere.jpg) The sun gets hot up here and any shade is welcome. |
![Curious kids.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331785.Curiouskids.jpg) Curious kids. |
![Shading herself with a towel, this elderly woman ate her evening meal. On closer observation I noticed she was very blind.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331827.Eveningmealblind.jpg) Shading herself with a towel, this elderly woman ate her evening meal. On closer observation I noticed she was very blind. |
![High mountain fields in the evening.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331828.Highmountainfieldsevenin.jpg) High mountain fields in the evening. |
![Plowing.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331829.Highmountainplowing.jpg) Plowing. |
![Lick it.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60371578.Lickit.jpg) Lick it. |
![Luna moth, Lepidoptera.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331830.MothLepidoptera1.jpg) Luna moth, Lepidoptera. |
![Palm fiber rain cape commonly used in many parts of southern China.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331831.Palmfiberraincape.jpg) Palm fiber rain cape commonly used in many parts of southern China. |
![Rice paddies.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331832.Ricepaddiesandstack.jpg) Rice paddies. |
![Schoolyard kids. Gao Shan, a high mountain village, Hunan Province, China.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331833.Schoolyardkids..jpg) Schoolyard kids. Gao Shan, a high mountain village, Hunan Province, China. |
![Taking the cows home.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331834.Takingcowshome..jpg) Taking the cows home. |
![Waiting at the local spring.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60331835.Waitingatvillagespring.jpg) Waiting at the local spring. |
![Insecticides for the fields.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335259.Insecticidesforthefields.jpg) Insecticides for the fields. |
![Working tobaco in a high mountain field.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61950962.q3pp8iU8.jpg) Working tobaco in a high mountain field. |
![Mountain top terrace.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335267.Mountaintopfield.jpg) Mountain top terrace. |
![The fields get plowed.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60335269.Thefieldsgetplowed.jpg) The fields get plowed. |
![Midday smoke #1.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61896071.wu3jKh4N.jpg) Midday smoke #1. |
![Midday smoke from locally grown tobaco. #2](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61895668.JdN45hEH.jpg) Midday smoke from locally grown tobaco. #2 |
![Expressing.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61900041.H7NhSYLR.jpg) Expressing. |
![Relaxing, midday.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61900042.qPYS5Zwk.jpg) Relaxing, midday. |
![One of many springs gushes from limestone fractures.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61895669.xbqfMmAW.jpg) One of many springs gushes from limestone fractures. |
![Working in a high mountain tobaco field.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61934332.qoyd0qQ9.jpg) Working in a high mountain tobaco field. |
![Cleaning vegetables with her son looking on.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61934329.XXXPxC98.jpg) Cleaning vegetables with her son looking on. |
![Father and sleeping child. Remote village China. 2006](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61904358.5LBdxLJ0.jpg) Father and sleeping child. Remote village China. 2006 |
![Burning on dry rice paddy. Sunset.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60349785.Burningondryricepaddies.jpg) Burning on dry rice paddy. Sunset. |
![Burning on dry rice paddy. Sunset.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60349786.Burningonthericepaddies.jpg) Burning on dry rice paddy. Sunset. |
![High mountain rice paddies with the sun setting.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60349789.Highmountainpaddies.jpg) High mountain rice paddies with the sun setting. |
![Chopped black plastic being dried in the sun near the highway before ascending to the mountain villages.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60349787.Choppedrecycledplastic.jpg) Chopped black plastic being dried in the sun near the highway before ascending to the mountain villages. |
![Drying rapeseed for oil production near highway before turning to the mountain villages.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/60349788.Dryingrapeseed..jpg) Drying rapeseed for oil production near highway before turning to the mountain villages. |
![Mother and child](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61950961.zLUu3FFN.jpg) Mother and child |
![Baskets and a chair.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/61986102.gFbJoAdG.jpg) Baskets and a chair. |
![Utility basket used for carrying anything that will fit.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62163266.1vwyRloP.jpg) Utility basket used for carrying anything that will fit. |
![Hanging baskets. These are used for chickens or ducks with one on each end of a pole that is balanced over the shoulder.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62684623.UGZMsYDd.jpg) Hanging baskets. These are used for chickens or ducks with one on each end of a pole that is balanced over the shoulder. |
![Gao Shan area, Hunan Province, China.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62963871.efgtaOjP.jpg) Gao Shan area, Hunan Province, China. |
![Baskets used for carrying chickens or ducks.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62690273.4gmqaHLH.jpg) Baskets used for carrying chickens or ducks. |
![Children late in the day near Gao Shan a mountain village, Hunan Province, China](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62980856.MWFW781b.jpg) Children late in the day near Gao Shan a mountain village, Hunan Province, China |
![Chickens and ducks. Near Gau Shan, a high mountain village.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/14/637114/3/62982649.Lk7wiBPJ.jpg) Chickens and ducks. Near Gau Shan, a high mountain village. |