Our journey into the "highlands" of Yangshuo brings us to the kumquat orchards. Literally, there are hundreds of orchards in this area with the orchardists growing numerous trees on their allotments. The Chinese lady at one orchard allows Sophia, Mr Joe, Frances and self to wander amongst the trees . We note that many trees are protected from hungry birds by covering the trees with white netting. The lady orchardist gives us permission to pick her very large kumquats. She produces baskets for us to hold our pickings. Mr Joe enjoys snapping our antics with my camera. We are astounded by the size and taste of the fruit which prove to be absolutely delicious. Sophia and Frances gorge themselves on these large juicy kumquats, while I am urged to fill the basket! I give the lady 20Yuan for the large bag of kumquats we managed to collect.
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