Picture Of Activities on Quay of Yangtze Riverside Town.
Our Yangtze River cruise lasted just over a day and a half, with an overnight stop at a small riverside town to pick up provisions. The first picture of Yangtze river people below was taken from the cruise boat. There was also an opportunity to walk up steep paths to the dimly lit streets of the riverside town, although not many people were seen there. Night entertainment for the Chinese people at the time, Discos, Night Clubs, Cinemas, Casinos, in such locations, were just not available, and after a hard working day from dawn to dusk, sleep was far more important. The Chinese coolies and porters who serviced the incoming boats on the Yangtze River worked to a different schedule.
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The vegetables used in cooking were
always fresh looking, like these greens,
root ginger and aubergines. This has
always been my experience.
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The bollards on the quay made useful seats during a quiet period between loading provisions onto Yangtze cruise boats, even for a woman and a young child. |
The loading of provisions completed there was time for a smoke, a chat or even a nap, before the next Yangtze boat was due.
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Perhaps it is this that had attracted the interest of the bystanders on the quay of the Yangtze riverside town ! |
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A Selection from Robert's Wild Cards
| The start of these personal webpages and the Vietnam pictures, followed a chance meeting with a young man named Hoang in 1979. Hoang was one of the "Boat People" from Vietnam who arrived in the UK. In due course I was given the responsibility of teaching him some English. A few weeks later I met his family and friends, and subsequently their families and friends, and friends and families, of friends and families.... and so it was that the ideas for the personal webpages began. |
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| Browse through the many China pics on the personal webpages and enjoy again a meal of Peking Duck with pancakes at the Qian Men Restaurant in Beijing. See what happens to the floor of a Ming Dynasty Hall after Buddhist Monks have stamped their feet for hundreds of years, as shown in the China pics from the Shaolin temple on the personal webpages of Robert. |
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