Life in the villages

Asia » China » Gansu » Zhangye » Minle
April 12th 2011

Published: April 12th 2011

Greetings. I've not written owt for a bit. The reason for this is relatively simple. I recently asked an ex-VSO China volunteer (a recent escapee) for a bit of information over the internet. They happened to comment that China was a fascinating place to live and a shit place to work. I guess this has become all too apparent, and I've been counting the days, inbetween occasional lapses into minor i... Read Full Entry

Photos are below

Photos: 29, Displayed: 21

common vehicles here

floggin apples

Bloke from Zhangye buyin apples

Bloke accosted by foreigner

Ancient fire-beacon

These ancient archaeological remains (used to signal emergency/Mongol invasion) date back a couple of thousand years, but are just sat at the edge of the school playground where I've been working for the last couple of days. Weird!