Reading the Tea Leaves

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Archive for Category : Jiangxi

  1. Up in the Clouds

    “Hollywood” is spelled out in huge letters in the hills above L.A.  That’s what I thought of when I saw a set of large characters proclaiming “tea” on a hill in the Lu Mountains.  The characters were in red and, set against the green of tea hills, they were hard to miss. Surrounded by provinces known [...]

  2. A Day’s Work

    We knew we were well into the countryside in the hills of Jiangxi province when we had to get off our small bus to lighten its load so it could get over a ditch.  The road was too narrow for the bus to go around the hole.  This small interruption afforded us a wonderful Kodak [...]