I have moved to Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. A new school for this year. This town is much smaller and much "slower" than Nan Chang. But, like a lot of middle size cityies in the states it seems to have crime troubles. From the first day here I felt it had the element of bored teenage and early twenties males that created problems. Besides that it seems to be nice town. Not as small as I think but not nearly as large as I am used to, sort of like Rockford.
I have spent two days at fish farms watching them harvest fish. I will post the pictures when I get access to my usb drive, I am not on my computer. My friend, Lai Zhou, family rents two lakes/ponds and raise fish. Last night I went to another fish farm and wathced them harvest the fish and then went to the fish market. At the fish farm they use large barrels to haul the fish from the water to the truck. The barrels were carred by men that appeared to be 70 years old. The muscles on their backs were bulbous from years of hauling things around on poles strung over their shoulders.
They harvested about 1,200 kilos of fish and it took 5 hours to load. Watching this was boring but interesting. The lake is in the mountains and the sky was clear so there were lot of stars to see and I think I say satellites. I was surprised by the amount of air traffic there was at this time of night.
The amount of fish I have seen pulled out of the water over those two days was incredible, considering that there are many others that do the same. And, all of the fish are sold the next morning to middle men that sell it to the markets. In China fish is a not a staple but a delicacy.
I will be home soon and will see some of you then.
Terry
