Doug and I met this nice family of fruit vendors early thus afternoon. It was perfect timing. We we’re nearing mile 12 and were ready for a break. They invited us to sit down by the side of the road and enjoy a little shade. Father sent his son over with a huge pile of lychee fruit for us. How did they know that lychee are our favorite fruit here? Doug says they are like little balls of sweet sugar water. They give us a nice little burst of energy. We ate the entire pile of fruit that they gave us and then they loaded up a plastic bag with at least 2 more lbs for the road. I wish we had remembered that we had them because we could have shared them with these guys.
We met these 2 men on the 324. They were walking from Shenzhen (just across the harbor from Hong Kong) to….somewhere north- we aren’t quite sure where but they’re making good time and we wish them the best of luck. We have passed and met dozens of bicyclists but these two were the first walkers we have met so far.
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Warn me before it’s appropriate to play this for you…
http://youtu.be/hFredbE3goM
I can’t view the video here for some reason but I’ll have a look at it when I get home.
I also like lychee, they are very delicious! What is your mileage now? Should be getting less than a quarter left.
We are doing between 18 and 19 1/2 miles per day depending on hotel location and availability. We are something like 75.1% finished and should be at the ferry station to cross to Hong Kong in 12-13 days. It’s still a long time to be walking but it feels SO close!