KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery

3/27/2004

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This is a "Zu" - a cross between a yak and a cow. They are used for plowing fields, and we read that Tibetans consider them the dumbest animals on earth.
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Another home, complete with a pig trying to get in the front door. Note the rocks on the roof to protect it from wind.
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Plowing the fields with a Zu
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A Black Yi woman working in the fields
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The same grandmother and grandchildren - they said "bye bye" to us....
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A Tibetan village in the distance. The Tibetans are one of the wealthier minority groups, and their homes are much more substantial.
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A closer view of the village
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Curled up in heated blankets!