I married a Naxi woman???

We took a bike trip out to Baisha, about 9 km north of Lijiang to check out a local Naxi village. The bike trip out itself was really nice since we were heading directly for Yuelong Shan (Snow Mountain). Once inside Baisha, a local Naxi elder came up to us with a book of quotes from people who visited her house. Apparently she gave tea and peanuts and could use her toilet (Not sure if I would have though. On second thought I should have taken a picture of it!).

Of course J and I were a bit skeptical of getting ripped off or worse (robbed). But after reading a bunch of entries in her book, it looked like a lot of people did it. So away we went after agreeing to a 5 yuan (we thought for both but later turned out to be for each of us...) payment after.

Once there...it was so funny...there's this old lady rummaging through a big cardboard box...and after a bit, she comes out with two plates. One with peanuts and one with sunflower seeds...really amusing!

Next she pulls out all this clothes and proceeds to dress Jenni up! HILARIOUS!

We knew her only as Mama since we forgot to ask what her name was.

She was a very interesting old lady. You have an elder you wouldn't think would know a lot about technology, but she was able to grab my camera and take the picture of us.

Personally, we think she has a great deal going. Such a smart lady. We read that in Naxi culture the woman is the boss. And apparently they can have as many men as they want and if they were to get divorced, they get everything! Hmmm... not sure I like that idea!