The first long-term settlers were attracted by the island’s sugar potential as well as its timber. The arrival of settlers, such as John Willes, in the late 1860s marked the beginning of the island’s farming period, which lasted for the next 100 years. Over this time many lucrative farms produced fruit and vegetables for theContinue reading “Banana Boats at Russell Island”
Category Archives: Villages
Liangjiazhai Village in the Mountains
Liangjiazhai Village is the home of one of the teachers and I traveled there two hours in a small overcrowded bus and stayed there three days in a hotel in the next village
Fashan Village in PingDing China
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Ladymaggic/China%202010/Fashan%20Village%20PingDing%20China/ Yesterday we visited Billy’s home and village at Fushan Mountains, two hours drive from Yangquan, an hour past Pingding over some beautiful mountain roads.The village was situated in the centre of corn growing mountains, where the mountains were stepped into small fields for the growing of corn without irrigation.The home of the villagers areContinue reading “Fashan Village in PingDing China”
Fushangailan photos added to slideshow
Ping Ding Village Shanxi China
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Ladymaggic/China%202010/Ping%20Ding%20Village%20China/ original name: Pingding geographical location: Pingding, Shanxi, China, Asia geographical coordinates: 37° 48′ 6″ North, 113° 36′ 46″ East Ping Ding is 40 minutes by bus which costs 1 Yuan, from Yangquan. The bus comes to the very busy city of Ping Ding which is full of markets and shops and very lively. ThenContinue reading “Ping Ding Village Shanxi China”
