Biking Tour Reports

Tai Shan to Duhu (and back to Tai Shan)

Sunny, hot, humid, sweat, sudden rain, lightning, thunder. The weather was weird. Out group started off in Tai Shan with a steady and peaceful bike ride through the country side. Rice patties were the main food that farmers grew. We saw many water buffalo and many "left overs" from the buffaloes! We arrived in Cheng Lao and had lunch in a school yard of a large school. Some people of our group were asked for autographs by students who went to this school. On the way to Duhu, the next major city, we stopped many times trying to find a village. The first few times we stopped to go to a village our tour guide told us that the places we stopped at were not villages at all (one place was a garbage dump!)! It started to rain when we got near our destination. Everyone started speeding up when it rained. On the bus back to our hotel we had to wait in the traffic because several trees had fallen across the road due to the terrible rain storm.

I woke up, opened one eye and then the other. My brothers and sisters woke up soon after. My brothers, sisters and I sat up and started to nibble on some wheat that was stored in the dark, damp room where we slept. My mother walked out of the room while my father crowed to wake the other animals from their deep sleep in the cool and damp dirt. As time progressed and day went on the sun rose and the humidity increased. These large "animals" in red with extremely large heads that could be removed entered our home. I ran to my mother and under the fence to where the large webbed footed geese lived. The large "animals" walked past us and looked at the 700 other webbed footed animals. Two of the large "animals" with long hair came over and flashed a bright light in our faces. My sisters, brothers, and mother fled to a plant where the large animals couldn't see or hear us. They soon left and we were once again left in peace. Soon the light went away and the sky shed tears and fell and crashed against the earth making a large noise. I was terrified so I ran to the damp dark room where I had awoken earlier in the day. It rained for a bit longer and then I fell into a deep sleep. Before I knew it the light came out again and a new day began.

Hi! We represent Hong Kong International School. We would like to interview you.

What is your name?
My name is Lok Yee.

What do you do for a living?
I farm fields and take care of my buffalo that helps me with the fields.

How many hours do you work?
How long have you been farming?
Work starts at 8am and ends at 6pm. I've been working for over 20 years now. My buffalo is also about 20 years old.

How old are you?
I am 45 years old.

We were wondering, what do you do when you work?
I don't do much work because I am disabled. I just lead my buffalo and he does all the work.

Why did you decide to be a farmer?
I had no choice. Since I am disabled, I can't do anything else. That's also the only thing I am qualified to do.

Thank-you very much.

Mr. Lok Yee says he's disabled, but I think he's in very good shape for being disabled. When we asked if we could interview him, he gave us a big smile and said sure. My whole group thinks he's very friendly. It also looked like he enjoyed his work.

This is the life; The life of a water buffalo in the Guandong Province, China. I began my day with a nice walk in the field where I'm allowed to eat as much as my stomach can hold. When I'm full I just go sit in a nice watering hole and cool off. My owner treats me well because he depends on me to do the hard work for him. I dont work often but it's such hard work. It's almost as if I am pulling something like a plow because I go so slow. My owner whips me so that I keep on walking. Over all I have a good owner; I know that it's a big deal to have me and I feel like their pride and joy. Sometimes other humans come to admire me. So here I am south of Taishan, China taking my bath. I really do have a good life.

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