Guangzhou Countryside 廣州城外的鄉下

I know you are saying, enough of this boring text! I want to see photos! Well, I am going to to take you through some of our photos in steps as we have lived in Guangzhou for a while recently. The first is of the countryside outside of Guangzhou. Think of a long time ago when you used to go fishing 釣魚 or a walk in a park 在公園裡散步 on a lazy summer day.

Well, when my wife was little she used to go to the countryside outside of Guanzhou with her grandmother 外婆 and meet her uncle there. Her uncle took then took her this little girl on a boat through the waterways 小運河to his house. She has fond memories of these times and so one weekend we went back to visit and he took her (well, us this time) on a boat ride just as she had remembered it.

It was relaxing. After the din of traffic and noise of Guangzhou, it was a relatively peaceful place 平靜的地方. In fact, in some places, the countryside close to the coastal cities is actually nicer to live in than the cities themselves. The houses are quite big and some have courtyards. Others have gardens where people grow vegetables. There are also waterways that ring portions of the community.