Quzhou and Shang Rao - Sep 26-27

Thursday September 26 - Guodong to Quzhou - out of the remote rural area back into the urban environment. Overcast and cool again - that's a good thing.

 

farming the hard way

stringing net across river

navigating city streets

they call it the Bamboo Road
here is some bamboo ready to go down the road

This is indeed a four-lane divided highway...

...and this is indeed rice being dried - traffic only needs one lane.

Thursday September 26 - Quzhou to Shang Rao - mainly urban ending in the fanciest hotel yet on the banks of a big river that goes through town. Large pedestrian zone/shopping area just around the corner... three Apple stores.

This is the sort of thing you find going what we'd consider
as the wrong way in bike lanes - normal thing here

We cross several rivers every day - neatly laid out farm plots here... 



... and bridges all over the place including three being constructed
going over each other in the background here

The highlight of the day was our afternoon 'coke' stop...
The family spoke as much English as we speak Chinese but they wanted to know what we were doing. Soon they found someone who spoke a few words of English, then we had the map out and then they went and got someone else who spoke more English. She was a school teacher. She wants to host us in her house next time we're there, about 20 km outside Shang Rao. Overall, the people here have been very pleasant and have given us a good welcome.