Bike Aways

WE would like to say we have now cycled  all seasons in Fujian – except that Fujian farmers divide the  year into 24 seasons – each one about two weeks long.  With the  moon rising to the summer solstice – XiaZhi （夏至）  the cycling was warm but with delicious cool breezes and  a few downfalls – which we  were too far from the tulou to escape.  But it was beautiful – if you are into lime green turning to yellow – colours remnicent of a pine lime splice ice-cream  on a sultry summer day.  On the Hakka side of the great tulou divide – the farmers were harvesting Tobacco – a lucrative crop in olden days from which  Hakka clans raised  the cash to  extend and embelish  Tulou buildings such as Zheng Cheng – Prince of Tulou’s  in the village we stay  on night one.

I have zoomed in on the Tobacco  in these photos as its an unusual crop – and I a sure the next batch of photos from the next ride will be completely different.