Sunday, March 02, 2008

Doing the rounds: eatable grass, scrap metal, and highway poles




Saturday was a beautiful day (about 15 C) and at last I got to bike around Tangtown to re familiarize myself again and see what changes could be detected in the last 2 months. Nothing out of the ordinary; stopped by the usual bike repairman to add some air to my tires; "Long time no see," he said in Mandarin with a strong accent. I then came upon a field where they were harvesting a grass type that goes into certain dumplings, they explained to me. Sells for RMB 1 per jin (500 g) on the market. Soon after I can across an older man with a metal detector on a pile of rubble. The scrap metal also goes for about RMB 1 per jin. But perhaps the most remarkable was the new highway that had been paved, but the electricity poles were still right in the middle of it. While not officially open, I witnessed some confused drivers trying to maneuver through them...And now you know the latest of the Tangtown neighbourhood...

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