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Scenes while walking

November 21st, 2016 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

We enjoy walking around our city and through the countryside.  By now, we’ve learned to watch our step (safety tape is very rare here):dangerous-sidewalkIf we step into a hole and need medical help, it is easy to spot the traditional Chinese medical hospitals:tcm-frontWhile walking by a park yesterday, we noticed that the migrating seagulls have arrived for winter: gulls

Last week, we walked up the nearby mountain and found some huge water buffalo on the trail:water-buffaloBut the most danger on this mountain comes from the trucks that run continuously from the quarry:truck-line

However, on this day, one truck had a broken wheel:broken-truck

This provided us with the rare opportunity to walk on the construction road.  We didn’t go too far before reaching a foreboding sign:turn-here

skull-tunnelso we followed the folks in front of us down a steep path to a village.  Along the way, we saw terraced gardens,terraces

an interesting farm house built into the side of the mountain,farm-shed

and the ubiquitous tombs:tombsSince the path and road were above the houses, we could see corn and peppers drying on the rooftops:corn-drying drying-peppers

We also saw people who have been walking a lot longer than we have (and carrying heavier loads):bent-over

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  • S

    Great post! I like the warning sign (and the water buffaloes)… you know, you may have more interesting walks there than we have here…

  • admin

    Our walks might be interesting (and at times, surprising), but your blue sky in Utah are clearly superior to our grey air.

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