travel asia china guilin countryside
Riding by bicycle out into the coutryside added a whole new perspective to the city...
TRAVEL: December 1991 -
This location has earned an over-all four-and-a-half star (very good+) rating from
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****1/2
unless noted otherwise all images copyright d. holmes chamberlin jr architect llc
(images recovered from damaged slides)
These workmen seemed to be moving an old building by hand, one stone at a time, Guilin, China, 1991.
When this picture was taken, they were much more interrested in us than their work.
Unlike any other structure in the countryside, this large building stood out as one of a kind.
On the country road not too far from here, I biked past an elderly gentleman in a beautifully tailored light blue Mao suit.
He smiled, waved, and proudly proclaimed in English, "Happy New Year!," which it was.
He was slightly taken aback when I waved back saying hello in Mandarin, one of the few phrases I had memorized phonetically.
This "truck" was the only motorized vehicle we saw being used by local workers.
This was a brick kiln we saw biking on the outskirts of Guilin, China, 1991.
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