Mister Wang, our concierge of the NaliNali courtyard having fun with a hose. We had already been without water for four days.
Sadly, we bid CaoChangdi 'zai jian'. We are rolling slowly west toward Kashar in XinJiang Province but first stop is PingYao, Shanxi. A tourist town for sure (there was a Mickey sighting) but not obnoxiously so. People still live and work in the walled city and it still has a patina that speaks of its age. The place has been partially restored but just enough to keep gravity at bay. |
| Staying with the tour at GuGong (Forbidden City) |
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| Auto rickshaw ride around the Forbidden City. |
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| Our Guest house courtyard in PingYao |
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| Me on my mighty Pigeon Flyer, circumnavigating the wall |
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| said, Pigeon |
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| The old and the new China |
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| This is the oldest walled village in the world i think. Now we know where Ai Wei Wei got all his architectural ideas. |
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| Evening falls |
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| Artist studio in Wang Village outside of town |
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| My reflection in the Wang family tree that looks remarkably like a circuit board |
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| Mondrian's cave home |
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| Other cave dwellings |
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| ShangBi Underground Castle. Castle may be overstating it just a wee bit. More like the ancestors of Beijing's famous 'Shu Zu", (Mouse tribe - a million migrant workers who live in the underground bomb shelters Mao built in the 70's) Pictured here is a sentry's post for aboveground reconnaissance. |
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| A castle tunnel |
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| A farmer's barn set into the mountain. |
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| Castle location |
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| Instructional tiles show how to prevent being electrocuted |
Nice photo gallery!Printed Circuit Board
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