Robert
Welcomes You
To The
China Pages		 longdragon Click The Dragon For A Mystery Tour Of The China Pages
China towns photos Chinese people lifestyles weddings children canal river cruises landscapes
For a full list of the CHINA PAGES please click... Show Me !


30th March, 2001

Travel By Taxi But Held Up By Labor Intensive Road Repairs. Steam Roller Embeds Stones Spread By Farm Workers Using Hand Held Bamboo Skips

October, 1995
To travel by taxi again was soon brought up, as during lunch at Tang’s home I asked what time his nephew Wen Wen would be home from school, and was told that he, together with his father and mother had moved to Tong Mu. We decided that we should travel by taxi and visit them so we were soon on our way again travelling on a road which would have taken us to Guilin, but after about an hour’s drive we arrived at the junction of the road to Tong Mu, and there we came to a stop, as the road was closed. During the time we were held up at the junction there was an opportunity to observe road resurfacing without the use of high powered machinery. The worker in charge of the tar, experienced some difficulty in getting the burner restarted, but after a few attempts it roared back into life sounding like a jet engine.

Local farmworkers often employed on local roadworks. Once the hot tar had been spread on the road, other workers were scattering crushed stone from their hand held bamboo skips and when it was all evenly covered a small steam-roller came to embed the stones into the tar. It was all labor intensive but still effective and soon we were back on our way to Tong Mu. The taxi dropped us off on a road which led to the square on which was a busy local market.

If you are searching for any of the following topics, then just click them !

Glass Globe Dominates Dalian Square
Suzhou Embroidery On Silk Screens

Have you enjoyed your visit to the China Pages ?
Why not pass them on to your friends ?
Make the author very happy !

NEW CHINA HOME OF A 100 PAGES....... | NEW VIETNAM HOME
Send me email