Mogan Shan - part II....

Just back from Mogan Shan village, we went around the hostel to catch some more photographs. That´s the view from behind, also the open air shower cabin with included toilette and the indoor bathroom.


rund um die Juhe    Blick von oben auf die Juhe mit Dachterasse
Outdoor Dusche    Indoor Dusche

Some people really snore that much (only rumors), they get their own room, next to one of the verandas.

Schnarcherzimmer    die kleine Veranda

A Yuan needed all the help coming out of two mobiles to light up the fire. Because for dinner we had another BBQ, this time a real big one. Not only the guys from New Zealand has been thrilled.

For the fresh-spring-water-cooled-fridge, there is no risk of power failure at all, so we could just relaxe and hang around.

 

A Yuan und das Feuermachen    ein richtiger Grill
Kühlschrank    In der Hängematte

Usually the hostel offers traditional chinese food. 3 Ayis are preparing the meals, they also take care of the house, clean up, tidy up but they seem to be a little shy. They don´t want to be on the photographs at all….


Essen am Fenster    Aus der Küche

This hostel is made from and for mountain bikers, that´s easy to notice as all the accessories in the bathroom are actually bike equipment. Tires, bottle holder, a break handle … Have you ever seen things like this before?


Fahrradfahrers Traumbad    der Türgriff

That's it? The long weekend is already over? Hard to belief. On Monday we slept in, stayed for a relaxed lunch, then we drove around to explore the area. We found some black covered greenhouses to bred mushrooms in them. So hurry up and have a look inside. Indeed, all sorts of fungi are growing on rotting wood stakes, later on the mushrooms layed out in the sun to dry.


Die Pilzhäuser    Pilze trocknen

When this transporter filled with short pieces of bamboo passed by, we had to follow the car to get to know, what's next in the bamboo supply chain. The truck stopped at a hut surrounded by dust and smoke and it smelled like a huge charcoal fire. And surprise, surprise: it's a bamboo charcoal manufactory. Cool, isn't is?


Bambusexpress    Frau Köhler

Just opposite there was more of the beautiful bamboo forest. And if you look close enough, you can see a traditional grave on the first photograph.


Bambuswald mit Grab    noch mehr Bambuswald

We also enjoyed the trycicle towing the motorbike and the telecommunication workers in the middle of nowhere. They found a nice and comfy place out there. Stephan is still wondering, why he's in the office all day.


Abgeschleppter    Abschlepper
irgendwie sehen die aus wie Telekomiker    Im Feld

While strolling around, we also found another bamboo factory. Unfortunately we couldn´t discover, what they are producing. But we´ve seen lots of golden canisters, might be oil cans, maybe not, we will never know.


Bambus Arbeiterinnen    Bambusschaufler

Those workers outside of the factory are most probably the bamboo suppliers. What ever, they´ve been on a rest and had a lot of fun with the 4 laowais and our cute red car. Quite sure, they´re still talking about us for the next weeks......


Pause Macher    Bambusschneider

In the last homepage we mentioned, there is no mechanical help for the farmers. Well, that's not completely true. But we're quite sure, what the  german government would say if they ever saw a vehicle like this on the german streets.

ein Vehikel    technisches Wunder - es fährt

And this is China at its best. A tea plantation just next to a factory with all the dusty air and dirty water. Is this the famous Hangzhou Long Ching Cha? No thank you, I don´t take tea my dear. Actually, cleaning the street, doesn´t make the tea any better.


Teeplantagenindustriegebiet    Saubermacher

And that’s it for now. On our way back to Suzhou we had 33°C outside of the air conditioned car. The grand finale of our journey was yummie ice cream at Coldstone. Oh no, we don´t own 3 kind of Nikons, but our cameras made friends at the hostel, so we had to take a family picture.


Heimweg    Familienfoto


Back to Suzhou Reginas wallet reappeared, but that's again a totally different story ….


Traumporträt

Outtakes...
 
....not shown for a long time. For a good reason, as Stephan says...

Flipflops

maitre de cuisine

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