Some of the faculty lives a couple miles away in another apartment building the school leases. I considered living there but chose my present building instead. One of the teachers living in the other area also bikes. We met and she took me to another island that she found near her. To get there we biked to a ferry that cost 3 rmb round trip (that’s less than 50 cents).
Chanzhou island is a mix of old and new. The people who live there actually exist on all they have without anything from the outside. Unfortunately a metro line is planning on going in and it will be developed for tourism though the plan is for green space. Since there is significant agriculture there I hope so.
Here are a few pictures of old ruins that we found.
There are old buildings and an old temple. Very narrow backstreets that are beautiful with the old buildings and old large doors.
On the island is an old cemetery. This cemetery is for foreigners from all countries who were traders. They date back to the 1700’s. I had no idea that trade from the US with China occurred back then.
On the way back we stopped at Huangpu ancient port.
It was pretty busy when we were there so difficult to bike. We walked around awhile, bought a few things, and then headed for lunch.
Dandelion tea I bought.
I bought what I thought were kumquat. Not sure that is what it is. Will figure it out. Look at the scale she uses to weigh the produce.
I bought the produce on the left. If not kumquat then it will be something new to try!
I will be going back to both places to explore more.