Tag: old
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Day 20~ December 20th~ Guilin
There are those in the world who are destined to have their whole lives intertwined with hard labor . They accept their fates and press on through life with strength, determination and a quiet acceptance.
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Day 6~ December 6th~ Guilin
Just like trees, that are destined to become friends by being rooted side by side for life, so do these village people grow old in each other’s company sharing the stories, the joys and the woes of life.
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Day 4~ December 4th~ Guilin
The mountains, the rivers, the oceans, the planet, have been here for millions of years. We, we are just passing through.
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Day 3~ December 3rd~ Guilin
There are so many places in the world where life is slow moving and where people are not scurrying around from train to office, to market, to bar, to home only to wake up and do it all over again. It is almost as though they are there to balance the high speed of the…
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Day 1~ December 1st~ Guilin
A new month, a new place, part of the Guangxi autonomous region of far Southern China, is the beautiful and enchanting Guilin. When I travel in the heart of China or any other country, I find myself impressed mostly with the local people, the essence carriers of the land. Guilin, Yangshuo, Longji and the small…
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Day 28~ October 28th~ Yunnan
A rest well earned, a smile well chiseled, a face so lovely and so difficult to forget!
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Day 17~ October 17th~ Yunnan
There are still places in this world, where hard labor is a way of life. The formidable Hani women build their own homes, plant and sow their own rice fields, slaughter their own animals for food and gather their own firewood for cooking. All the weight is carried on their backs and supported by their…
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Day 14~ October 14th~ Yunnan
If you grew up like me in a small village, you would have had the pleasure of meeting the village locals, fixtures in the village square. In them resides the angel of the village, and they are in many ways the keepers, watchers and essence holders of the whole place. They sit in their usual…
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Day 10~ October 10th~ Yunnan
Every line is a story, every crease an event, every downward wrinkle a tragedy and every upward one a joy lived. We are all on roads that have ups and downs and our faces are there to tell our tales.
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Day 6~ October 6th~ Yunnan
We may all be human, but our lots are not the same and nor are our destinies. The more people I meet, the further I travel, I realize that life does not deal us all the same cards. Isn’t humanity knowing this and having compassion for those who have less?