My world Walk Blog China Part Two/ #34
Arriving in Chongcheng, a suburb of the larger and more
famous tourist city of Kaiping I decided to meander around the banks of
the Cangjiang River and do some people watching. First I got something
to eat but not without causing my usual disruption in the restaurant!
Not knowing what to eat I decided to Google Translate the menu and then
as you can see from the translate photo (3 and 4 ) I became even more
confused than the Chinese original. As mentioned in a recent post this
translation can be done by taking a photo and running a picture scan.
Yes, this function seems to be a work in progress! My closed eyes, blind
stab at the menu produced a leaf of cabbage which thankfully I didn't
order when the waitress asked me did I really want that and nothing
else! Finally, I took her recommendation and opted for fish and a pot of
pork stew to which I mixed in various vegetables and meat.
Back
out on the Cangjiang River I made a short four-kilometre loop and
walked past several houseboats. I watched as people relaxed while others
did their maintenance and household chores.
Guangdong
province with a population in the region of 110 million was once known
as Canton and is one of the most densely populated areas of the world.
However, most of that human mass is closer to Hong Kong and in the Pearl
Delta region.
It took me by surprise!
I didn't even know the Chinese were building a 55-kilometre bridge from
Macao to Hong Kong. This is the worlds longest sea bridge and it
crosses a bay that connects these two major hubs. It opened the day
before.. I will arrive in Macao in three days on my world walk and
nobody in the area even knows that a man who is walking around the world
and who has previously run around the world is walking towards it! But
that's fine! More than likely because I don't do the publicity ego thing
that I will get an anonymous ferry to bypass this non-pedestrian
bridge. It would have been nice to be allowed to walk over it.
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