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09/30/10
The Real housewives of Kunming County
Filed under: General
Posted by: @ 4:24 pm

baby2

Working in China, Jeff and I live in a xiaoqu –-neighborhood– that could be called a Wow-que. It’s secure, beautiful and infested with Americans. It’s a cocoon of Western Culture in the middle of Kunming. But over the past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit a small village outside of Kunming. One where terms like liposuction, Starbucks and power panties have never been uttered.
A place where ladies have never asked, “Does this make me look fat?”

villagethreesome

Their faces were roadmaps to lives that took totally different paths than mine.

villagelady

Their toilet facilities weren’t the latest from Kohler, but a row of wooden outhouses in the middle of the city.

bathrooms
Their refrigerator had a special compartment just for bacon.

preferredpig
Their SUVs needed to be fed twice a day.

horse
I felt like I walked out of a vacation brochure and into the pages of Nat Geo because er uh, I did.
stinkyalley

I wonder how strange I looked to them.

gingerpigcorn

I bet they wouldn’t share my excitement for finding a new store in Kunming that carried wax paper and Good N Plenty.
We shared smiles and I know we all shared good stories.

At times like this, I wish I had a Polaroid to share the memories. I don’t think they download photos from flickr.

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