A DAY IN CHINA

Dan & Leona in front of Hot Spring Resort, Chung Shan, China

The hydroplane boat that we traveled on from Hong Kong docked at Macau, a Portuguese Colony at that time.  We boarded a bus at Macau which took us to Chung Shan, China where we spent several hours.  I remembered that my Dad used to joke with me when I was a little guy and said that if I dug deep enough I would end up in China.  Well, we were in China and we didn't have to dig our way there.  We had our noon meal, Dim Sum, at the Hot Spring Resort.

On the border of Macau and China was a fruit stand.  Here we were, half way around the world and what did we see???  At this fruit stand were boxes of BC apples from Kelowna, British Columbia.

 BC apples at fruit stand on the border of Macau & China

Next to the Hot Spring Resort was a man laying bricks.  His equipment was not the latest.  Just a simple wheel barrow. No machinery to load bricks on and take them to their designated place.  All of his work was by hand.  Loading his cart, pulling them up the ramp and then unloading them one by one.  These people were hard workers.  I wonder what his hands were like at the end of the day.  Another couple of questions.  When did his day end?  Did he have coffee breaks? Or tea breaks?

 The Chinese brick layer

Riding the bus from Chung Chan we saw a fellow plowing, not with a tractor or a horse but with an ox.  Compared to a farmer's life in Canada, this was very primitive. 

 Working the soil in 1989 like it was 1889

All in all it was a very enjoyable day in China.  We got to walk inside the home of an elderly man.  We were in his living room and also his kitchen, which was a  separate building.  His home was very plain and simple.  He was quite proud of the fact that Michael Jackson had been in his home.

Never did I ever think in all of my wildest dreams that I would ever spend a day in China.  This was in the month of February.  It was only four months after our time there, when there was that big uprising and protest at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.




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