Living on a Narrowboat
Captured as i was traveling down zhenchuan road. Kunshan.
I was travelling in a beat up old taxi. He was chuffed that laowai were taking pictures of him. You could tell by the smile on his face.
Maybe one day I will own one of these cars or maybe, like the rest of the cars in china , the bank will own it.
I just own the ‘happiness rights ‘, like the mushroom i am.
God save the queen .
So….
Another day another fruit.
Here’s another fruit from China. See if you can guess what this one is 。
Let me know what you think it is.
So… New season, new fruit.
I have this one which looks similar to a shower head.
Got one off the woman for 4kwai (she wanted 6, I gave her 4).
Squeezed a little pea out of it after lunch.
The weather is hot here. Around 36°, although in Sichuan, where I used to work, it is rainy.
In fact some of the houses have been washed away in the very town I used to work!
**Update: I tried some of these fruit and they are like small pea like structures that taste like peas.**
Got invited out for a meal with some Chinese students.
Here’s some pictures.
Janice, Me, Maroon, Vic and Nickel (star pupil!)
So, this weekend is Dragon Boat Festival.
The festival is a celebration of the advent of ‘summer’ (we’ve already begun celebrating here with torrential rain).
Out come the Dragon boats, wine and dumplings.
It’s a three day festival.
Maybe there’ll be some rowdy Chinese puking and throwing dumplings everywhere, (just like it was England), or, maybe there won’t.
We’ll see.
Ok I’ve found out some more about the festival. It falls on the 5th Lunar day of the calendar.
Tommorrow.