There were a lot of small notices with (mostly western) philosophical
sounding words. Had a quiet chuckle at the missing 4th line. You may read
into it what you like ...
All Things Bright and Beautiful,
All Creatures Great and Small,
All Things Wise and Wonderful
Some of the language and sentiments on notice boards had a distinctly american tinge (amglish?) which we so far hadn't been exposed to. The mix of cultures represented seemed confusing, incompatible, and grated somewhat.
Most were inside because of the heat.
We should have been too.
All the pandas spend most of the day eating or sleeping.
At this time of day they were sleeping.
We should have been too.
I guess they were cool in the air conditioning.
Couldn't help thinking it was an odd way to proceed ... to remove the pandas from their habitat then spend years trying to get them to breed.
I suppose it was too hard for mohammed to go to the mountain.
And lots of people feeding them.
This is how to build a high speed railway viaduct. A sort of cantilevered walking crane that moves along from support to support to lift each horizontal beam into position.
All the supports were the standard distance apart, waiting for the standard beam.
How I would have loved to stop and watch for a while ...
Once off the expressway we spotted a restaurant with a parking lot and stopped.
Bad move ....
The restaurant was excellent. Just that the main road was unusually busy. All night.
We slept but are a bit tired and grumpy.
Off the expressway. This used to be a bridge but presumably had collapsed and been replaced with a large diameter pipe and some fill.
All sorts of new buildings and tree lined streets.
Just beyond here we encountered a sort of red and white striped contraption across the road that looked like a height restriction.
We stopped. Ali walked to the other side to announce that it said "2.7m".
It took us about 10 minutes with the help of a passing policeman to execute a 7 point turn.
Surprisingly, once we'd established our control of the road (no-one could get past) other drivers accepted the inevitable and gave us enough space to turn.
It contains Susanna.
Always wanted to "follow that cab".
Garmin had totally refused to recalculate a route around the center of town.
It was a bit complicated for the cab driver to explain. He didn't want paying.
There is no word for "pass" in Chinese.
We were on our way to Guang Wu Scenic Area
De rigeur for a day in the hills!