same old story: rain to drizzle
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I put on my jacket today.
Unfortunately I had to, first of all because it was cold, and second because it was raining:
Rain can be a pain. But it can also be quite cozy to shake off the water and sit down in a small restaurant with a stove heating up the room:
When I went back outside, the rain had turned into a mere drizzle, and I easily walked off a couple of hours.
Once I came past a small shrine:
There weren’t that many people around outside, so I was happy to bump into this old dude hugging his zucchini:
What a spectacular beard, I thought. And then I wondered: was that really zucchini?
But he was already gone.
…
The later the day, the nicer the weather:
Ok, on this picture you can’t really see the blue sky with all the trees.
So here:
I got to Dachaigou around six in the evening, and one thing struck me immediately:
This place didn’t look poor; it had a hotel, several restaurants and even a fairly large bookstore.
But it just seemed so…
…deserted.
The hotel owner later explained this to me: Dachaigou used to have an own train station before, but a while back the authorities figured that the settlement was really to small, so the station was discarded and a lot of work places and people left.
Same old story.
Oh, and another thing that I found special around here:
“Long live Mao Zedong thought! 毛泽东思想万岁!” (10.000 years to be exact).
Up until today, I haven’t seen this anywhere on a wall before.
Maggie
I also haven't seen such slogan for long time. haha…
claudia
…especially because he has been dead for such a long time…
😉
Hermann
10.000. Wir hatten mal einen Österreicher, der wollte's 1000 Jahre, und die 13, die er geschafft hat, waren schon Tote genug. Bei Mao warn's ja auch 'ne Menge.
Achille
yup, you r right man. what the beard old guy hugging is Zucchini/Courgette.
i love the vegetable and my mom used to cook that for me.
http://proimg.zgny.com.cn/2116.jpg
Barry
Wenn da keiner mehr ist, wer sollte denn den Slogen entfernen?
Und morgen die 2500?
Good luck and better weather.
Florian
Was ist das denn auf dem ersten Bild, eine Staumauer?
Schönes Portrait!
Gisela
Einfach nur gut, der Zuccini-Mann. Und die Brille erst…
Silkroad ist auch eine schöne Seite. Leider hat der Tag nur 24 Stunden und arbeiten muss man ja auch noch ein bisschen. Ich könnte immer weiter Bilder anschauen….
andy
Moin Alter, hatte sehr viele arbeitsreiche Tage in der letzten Zeit, aber nun bin ich wieder da ;o). Bin gerade den Weg Deiner letzten Woche nachgereist (hey, ich bin also doch schneller als Du hehe ;o) -war ja gigantomanisch, was Du erlebt hast und vor allem Deine Videos & Bilder…
Die Location (Bild 2!) ist genial und voll nach meinem Wandergeschmack! (krieg schon wieder Hunger-> ich könnt den ganzen Tag…- weil ich es so mag… – und latenten Hunger hab!!! ;o) -> einfach eine geile Kneipe wo's wahrscheinlich urig schmeckt…!
…und der kleine Shrine auf dem Plateau (Bild 3) ist so stark einfach, dass ich bei dem Bild schmerzvolles Fernweh krieg!
bis bald!
Christoph
Maggie: Weird, isn't it?
claudia: Death sometimes makes people even more legendary though.
Hermann: …
Achille: Oh, so good in so many variations!!
Barry: Ma gucken, aber warum nicht.
Florian: Gewächshäuser. 😉
Gisela: Lädt ein bisschen zu langsam die Seite, oder?
andy: Ja, Happa war in der Tat ziemlich lecker da!
ataraxia
why did you wonder "was that really zucchini?"
maybe you are just too hungry?
Christoph
Good question – well, zucchini is called 西葫芦 here, right? "Western" Hulu. So I figured if it's Western then it's probably not very common in the countryside cuisine. – I had obviously totally forgotten about 西红柿 (tomato) and 西瓜 (water melon). Silly me!
Joshua
Bitter melon is what he’s holding I think
A cousin of the zucchini n cucumber
But sour n thus healthy for one’s blood.