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Housing Knowledge Community China trip - #4

By Katherine R. Williams AIA posted 05-28-2014 09:25 PM

  
Update no. 2 from the road below

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By horse cart, by boat, by bumpy bus ride: Thursday offered up a wealth of transportation options to our many destinations, starting with a tour of Xizhou Village and ending with lakeside dining in Shuang Lang.







[construction in progress at the Linden Centre's second site- soon to be a destination hotel with 16 suites]



In the morning, Brian Linden of the Linden Centre showed us the sights around the center, including stops to the friendly local antique shop, the village mosque, and one of the Linden Centre's ongoing projects - restoring a second courtyard house.






[solar hot water heaters- a familiar site around Xizhou and previous stops in Yunnan]






And onto the horse carts we go as our group heads towards the village square for more exploration- a bustling place of entertaining singing duels, colorful market stalls, and activities from a local religious festival.




[boarding the horse carts on way to the town square]



















[navigating through the narrow side streets of Xizhou]


















[singing villagers inside a Xizhou temple]





The afternoon took us east to the lakeside resort town of Shuang Lang, a veritable boomtown of new hotels and restaurants catering to the growing number of tourists in the area. We had an opportunity to meet and engage in an interesting dialog with Baxun, one of Shuang Lang's leading designers.









[relaxing and chatting at the Cunshu Boutique Hotel with the designer, Baxun]















[our fabulous coordinator with the Yunnan Sustainability Network, Xiaotang Jiang (center left), leads the discussion with Baxun (center right)]




After dinner in a restaurant with a lovely view of Lake Erhai, we boarded our bus back to the Linden Centre, and were greeted with the sound of croaking frogs from the rice paddies that surround our temporary home.










[one of the many unique sights in Shuang Lang]
















[drinks and discussion on the restaurant roof terrace]

















[the shore of Shuang Lang along Lake Erhai]
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