in Xiu Lan's village

As Xiu Lan and her (husband's) family have - just as many other families in the village - moved to new houses, the older houses are either empty or in use as pigsties or storerooms.
There's one really old, huge tree in the village, many visitors come to pay their respect to the gods there.
I really liked walking around there, and it felt good to have a local with me... that made me feel a little less like a tourist i guess.
One picture features a group of really old women playing cards. I don't know if it's mainly a Hainanese thing or a Chinese thing in general: playing cards or Chinese chess, with a lot of money involved. It seemes to be an obsession, just like the lottery. Everybody talks about it, everybody does it.