On most Sunday afternoons, we try to spend a few hours alone together walking and talking. Along the way, we usually see some interesting things (at least to us). Here are a few of the things that we saw yesterday.
We began by taking pictures of some friendly twins outside of our apartment:
The road exiting our neighborhood still hasn’t been paved (maybe next year):
Work seems to have halted on the apartment complex next to ours:
Later, our walk took us by eucalyptus trees which smell nice in the warm summer breeze:
On the edge of town, there are some places that haven’t changed too much. This one still has its old entry gate:
Chinese people are industrious, planting gardens on every unclaimed piece of dirt. Here is a mini-cornfield between the sewer ditch and a factory wall:
Many of the wall advertisements use pictures of foreigners. Even Elvis is alive in old China, advertising something that I couldn’t figure out:
Of course, there was a restaurant sign welcoming you to come in and try their duck tongues and heads:
Some day, we’d like to climb up behind the houses and explore this trail:
Of course, there were the usual small stray dogs and domestic chickens:
At the exit of the village, you can really feel the strong contrast between the old and new apartments:
After turning and walking down the main thoroughfare, we noticed some mountain bikes riding out of a side street. As a former mountain biker, I had to take a look and was surprised to see a Giant bike shop:
Then a Trek shop. There weren’t Trek bikes out front, but at least there was a Trek sign:
and a Cannondale shop (it was closed):
a genuine Specialized shop:
and a local brand (SPX) with some interesting pictures posted outside:
We even saw some serious downhill bikes in the back of a truck:
As we kept walking, the road began its ascent up the side of a mountain. We had already walked five miles, so we decided not to climb all the way to the top this time. But we did sit at a sharp curve and watch a few riders going up and coming down:
Now I know where I want to go for our walk next Sunday!
What a cute pair of little girls! I love hearing and seeing what you see on your long walks together—so interesting. I’m glad that you have such varied paths to take. I wonder why it is taking so long to get that road completed when the buildings fly up!?