Sunday, April 24, 2011

Daying - Sichuan Province

Well we are sitting in a small pagoda beside a little river in the
town of Daying while waiting for a customer of Paddys to join us for
lunch.

The lady in the tea shop has just served green tea while we wait.
Another really warm day at about 29 degrees. The sky is as blue as can
be expected given the population.

This morning we have been driving through lovely country with lots of
short steep hills and trees. Everywhere you look is evidence of
habitation and the towns are quite rusticated. Usually dirt streets,
lots of people living, eating and working on the foot paths. In the
villages everyone seems to ride a bike or scooter so there is the
usual traffic mayhem.

This town is well known for it's hot pools, but Paddy and I are not
keen on the standard of expected sanitation.

Having said we are waiting for a friend of Paddys the plan has now
changed - I'm learning to be flexible- and we are meeting him in
Chengdu tonight. So we are now on the final 140km into Chengdu.

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