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Who Said Houses Had To Be Round Anyway?
... the advancement of time this tranquil little place could have trapped me for days without me realising. Again its a cobbled streets and wooden buildings affair, pinned to the riverside by the valley walls rich with greenery. Idyllic. As if to start they way he meant to go on my driver then took me to the oldest remaining roundhouse. Yuchang Lou was built between 1308 and 1338 it is miraculously not only still standing but still very much active. People still live in the ...
Living like a Hakka
My first destination in real China was YongDing to look at the ancient Tulou houses of the Hakka people.
It took my about 8 hours by train to get there, and as I was unfamiliar with the train system, I ended up with a "standing ticket," which is exactly what it sounds like. Standing. 8 hours. "Bring it on," I thought, until of course 3 hours passed by and I realized it was going to be a very long night.
The ...
Hakka Tulou's
Went for a day trip to Yongding County some 3 hours drive west of Xiamen. This area is home to hundreds and hundreds of round and square mud houses, ranging in time from the 1300's all the way to the 1940's. In some cases up to 100 familys can live in one building which is split into different levels, the ground for cooking, ...
Province du Fujian : les Tu Lou
... des toits de pierre dans la cour. Ce sont des habitations pour accueillir les hôtes mais on y trouve aussi des animaux.
Comme la structure intérieure est faite de bois, les incendies ont fait beaucoup de dégâts.Sur une des photos, vous verrez que tout un pan a disparu.
La propriétaire de notre hôtel nous a gentiment autorisé à entrer dans le Tu Lou (juste en face de l'hotel) dans lequel elle vivait. Mais ...
Round houses and Rodents
... a big brown rat making its way across the floor. Screamed, which sent the rat behind the TV unit and quickly dispatched Kev downstairs to find the owner (of the hotel, not the rat). On one of our recent long bus journeys I killed time studying the phrase book and recalled that the line 'I saw a big rat in my room' was included in the accommodation section. Seemed funny at the time, but proved very useful as Kev went down to summon help. 5 minutes ...
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