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Bicycle Tour Adventure #32: China Page 5


Day 5: Touring China by Bicycle,
Today, we pedal over a 100 Kilometers
and cross a few small mountain passes.


Dennis and Mark participate in the Great Bike Race.
Dennis and Mark participate in the Great Bike Race!

Sharon and Siobhán look at Today's Mountain Pass Climb.
Sharon and Siobhán look at Today's Mountain Pass Climb.

Boats on the Li River.
Boats on the Li River.




Day 5 Begins

We're assembling. We're off: Glenda left, Terry near right.
Above Left: We're assembling: L-R, Siobhán, Gordon (near), Sam (far), Lynn, Iris, Inga (head hidden by Iris), Sharon, Jon, Chrissy, Reg, Wayne, Glenda (near).

Above Right: We're off, early in the morning, a long day ahead, long shaddows, about 105 Kilometers to bike; Glenda left, Terry near right.

Grandmother and Boy Child. Typical village houses and plantings near a roadside.
Above Left: Grandmother and Boy Child: It is culturally normal to have grand-parent(s - to include some grandfathers) take care of grand-kids during the day while Mom and Dad work in the big city. Grand-Parents are just as happy to do this act of loving care as their children are grateful for the loving child care. The Chinese have strong family bonds.

Above Right: Typical village houses and plantings near a roadside. Note the roadside Kilometer Marker too.

Field Worker watering plants. Bovine/Oxen and calf.
Above Left: Field Worker watering plants.

Above Right: Bovine/Oxen and calf; one only needs to lead the parent, the calf will automatically follow.

Grandmother and granddaughter go to the market. Roadside flower.
Above Left: Grandmother and granddaughter go to the market. Bamboo, in the background, makes that arching stalk that can be seen miles away.

Above Right: Roadside flowers.

Silkworms for sell. Close up of Silkworms.
Above Left: Silkworms for sell. Silkworms only eat the leaves of a specific kind of tree.

Above Right: Close up of Silkworms.

Family bringing goods to the market. Man bringing live animals to the market.
Above Left: Family bringing goods to the market.

Above Right: Man bringing live animals to the market, probably ducks.

Some Mountains are taller than they are wide. Bamboo Shoots drying.
Above Left: Some Mountains are taller than they are wide.

Above Right: Bamboo Shoots drying.

Sawmill. Mandarin Oranges.
Above Left: Sawmill.

Above Right: Mandarin Oranges.

Little hill climb. Group rest break.
Above Left: Little hill climb for today's Little Pass.

Above Right: Group rest break near top of pass.

New valley and gate with a view. Some rice but much more dry plant agriculture.
Above Left: New valley and gate with a view.

Above Right: Some rice but much more dry plant agriculture (versus irrigation) than south of here.

Food/Plant drying. Work Cart.
Above Left: Food/Plant drying; notice the territory markers.

Above Right: Work Cart, owner in the field.

Nice new homes by Rice Paddy field. Cow on lead, calf following.
Above Left: Nice new homes by Rice Paddy field.

Above Right: Cow on lead, calf following.

Bamboo Leaves. Bamboo Strips.
Above Left: Bamboo Leaves.

Above Right: Bamboo Strips.

Building View from where we ate lunch. River crossing's View.
Above Left: Building View from where we ate lunch.

Above Right: River crossing's View.

Multiple use fields. House with a fence.
Above Left: Multiple use fields.

Above Right: House with a fence.

Going home from the market. River Crossing.
Above Left: Going home from the market.

Above Right: River Crossing.

Old railroad bridge or an aqueduct Young child peeking around Mommy.
Above Left: We could not tell if this was an old railroad bridge or an aqueduct.

Above Right: Young child peeking around Mommy to look a foreigners who just passed.

Rice Crop in Harvest Bundles. Terry and I have China all to our selves.
Above Left: Rice Crop in Harvest Bundles.

Above Right: Terry and I have China all to our selves.

Pastoral China. Happy Water Buffalo.
Above Left: Pastoral China.

Above Right: Happy Water Buffalo.

A type of Pea or Been harvest. Tallest stools that we have seen yet.
Above Left: A type of Pea or Bean harvest.

Above Right: Late day snack. Note that these are the tallest stools that we have seen yet and maybe for the entire trip.

Sam and Reg are Marking Kilometers. Obviously an UFO landed here, thus a few crop circle-disruptions.
Above Left: Sam and Reg are Marking Kilometers.

Above Right: Obviously an UFO landed here, thus a few crop circle-disruptions.

The big pass and big climb is coming. First view of the Li River.
Above Left: The big pass and big climb is coming.

Above Right: First view of the Li River valley from the other side of the pass, we are now in another agriculture zone and watershed looking down river.

Looking up the Li River. Boat traffic on the Li River.
Above Left: Looking up the Li River.

Above Right: Boat traffic on the Li River.

Butterflies with florescent spots. Big rest Stop.
Above Left: Butterflies with florescent spots on their wings at a hillside spring.

Above Right: Show me your legs! Big rest Stop.

Li Riverside Village.
Above: Li Riverside Village.


Crossing the River Li. Chinese styled grain silo.
Above Left: Kilometers later, crossing the River Li.

Above Right: Chinese styled grain silo.

A bus stop. Bovine family going home from the field.
Above Left: A bus stop.

Above Right: Bovine family going home from the field.

Tao Temple, as viewed from our rest stop. Two kids show up, one of the kids has his own pack of cigarettes and lighter.
Above Left: Tao Temple, as viewed from our rest stop.

Above Right: Gotta Light Mister? Wayne is our bicycling group's only smoker. Two kids show up, one of the kids has his own pack of cigarettes and lighter, little brother is just tagging along. The big kid wants to share a smoke, time, and make small talk with Wayne. They all hit it off together. Someone tells Wayne that he shouldn't allow that kind of behavior. Wayne says that he has no control over the kid and that the kid brought his own cigarettes. Who knows, maybe Wayne kept international peace for that action. The spirits work in mysterious ways.

John and Chrissy have discovered some Great Wine. John and Chrissy have discovered some Great Wine.
Above Left: Jon and Chrissy have discovered some Great Wine on the town's market and they want to share it with everyone. Chrissy is talking with Regina.

Above Right: You just know it is great wine, because it says so on the label!

We know it was Chicken because the head was presented as a reminder. It's Sing Along Time.
Above Left: We had Chicken for Dinner, not to be confused with Duck, Goose or any other fowl. We know it was Chicken because the head was presented as a reminder, just in case one was unsure. This is the Chinese way.

Note that every eatery that we visited cut chicken in grid cubes, regardless of bones, they just cut parallel lines about an inch apart and then rotate 90 degrees and cut in parallel lines, again, about an inch apart. Every piece of chicken in China that I tried, had one or more bones in it. Carvers at a table make big theater out of cutting chicken (or duck or goose) into cubes with bones.

Above Right: It's Sing Along Time! Actually, after dinner, we get tomorrow's travel and route briefing from Vincent (standing).


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