In the hotel, there is always a sound to hear like a periodically increasing and decreasing draft. It is not loud, but my ears were awake earlier and told my brain that there is something to hear and my brain, as an early bird, started working and processing that noise. My problem is, that when my brain starts working it is also me who is awake, yes, I identify myself to a high degree with that organ. So, it was a uselessly early start in a day that was meant as a rest day.
When my brain has switched from sleep/dream mode to normal, in a short time he makes some lists. Things that should be done, things I want to do, things I don’t want to do and still should be done. This is a good trick to adjust my blood pressure on a higher level, so also the rest of my body is activated, and I can get up. At 5a.m. Until 9, I did some things that should be done, then I went out to find a place for breakfast and to buy my usual staple food.
The weather was nice and so, I decided to follow Lijuan’s proposal to visit one of the Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, after all a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a 30km tour.
I had seen some similar villages yesterday without knowing that they are special for this region and had wondered about such a tower (see day 186).
not every tower is set in scene perfectly or a hidden beauty
The weather, the landscape,
the villages
and those towers were a nice composition
and the contrast to the nearby town Kaiping with big streets, high buildings and noise
was big enough although Kaiping seems to be a comparably quiet city.
(who also can be a workman – maybe by the he had two helmets for just one head??)