The next day we rented bikes and went on a ride through the countryside. We saw some amazing sites. It was rather warm so we ended up buying these Chinese hats. They actually work pretty well to keep the sun of you but they didn't stay on our heads very well. Notice Vika's baby sit on the back of Gavin's bike. It is just a little baby chair strapped to the back of the bike. It worked pretty well. A nice cheap alternative to the expensive baby seats.

You could rent these bamboo boats to float down the river. It's amazing to think that these would really float.

Our little Chinese family. Do you think we stood out a bit? Along the ride we ended up in this little valley of rice fields. We felt like we were right smack dab in the middle of the movie Kung Fu Panda. We ended up calling it "Kung Fu Panda Land". It was interesting to watch the farmers work here. They still use the water buffalo to plow the fields and then we saw a farmer herding a flock of ducks through the rice field. We guessed that the ducks would eat the bugs in the fields. No pesticides used here.