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#459055 - 10/13/08 09:22 PM
Re: favorite places in China
[Re: Candyce - Adventure Living]
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My favourite place in China is the wonderful little Shibanxi railway not far from Chengdu.It still has little ng steam locos hauling passenger and freight trains up to the villages in the hills through wonderful scenery.To take the first train half way up in the mornings and get out at a little station halt shown only by a pole in the ground is a great experience.One can see the mists lower down lifting and see the Chinese people coming out to tend their crops.Washing is done where a spring emerges out into a sweet corn field,and water is drawn from the same source and carried in buckets across the fields to their simple little houses.Then soon the silence is broken by the chattering of children as they walk down the railway line to their school-there is no road,this is the only way.Although very poor,they are all clean and smartly dressed.They smile shyly as they pass by and one may say "ello"-the only word in English they know.Soon the next little steam loco comes chuffing up from the valley below and I jump on to go to the top of the line.Here there is also much to see,but one of the best sights is to see the loading onto the train of large pigs by 2 or 3 small chinese men.There is much heaving,straining and squealing before the pigs are aboard in the luggage car with everything else,to make their last journey to the bottom of the valley.I could go on,but if in China,why not visit and see all these sights and more,for yourselves.It is the real China-not the scrubbed up antiseptic version that most tour operators take you to. By the way,did anyone know that there are wild camels in Inner Mongolia-but that is another story!
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#541707 - 08/08/09 04:05 PM
Re: favorite places in China
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