Located on the southeast coast of China, Xun Zhou is a rural fishing village whose inhabitants make their living farming fish, clams, vegetables and rice. I spent five days there as a guest of the Zheng family, who graciously invited me to experience life in rural China (and being reported the first American to ever visit the island). The village had a population of about 1,000 people, no running water and, as far as I could tell, no English speaking inhabitants. My sincerest gratitude goes to my friend Sheena for guiding and translating for me and sharing her lovely family and village with me. Click here to see my gallery of photos from my time there, or click the collage above or here to see a Flickr Slideshow of the same photos.

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• “Are you a Bush or a Clinton?” Read more about my arrival on the island.
• See a short video about “What It’s Like” To Buy A Duck in Xun Zhou
• See more photo galleries from my around-the-world trip on my Flickr page from the far reaches of the US, China and Japan.