OK, I’m back from China with about 3 hours of video footage, 600 photos, and 10 A4 pages of journal. But I thought I’d do a quick and dirty edit of this part of the trip first, since it’s the most topical.
Wow, what an eclipse! Those of us for whom it was the first time were suitably impressed – Tony the bluff Yorkshireman declared himself to have been rendered speechless. And even those who’ve seen one before gave it a 9 1/2 out of 10. The 22 degree aurora and diamond ring are particularly good, as are the amazing colours in the dark sky, and we even got to see some stars.
Rumour was our plastic chairs on a reserved site, in a protected zone, cost about £100 apiece. Hell they were worth it. China Daily reported that about 7,000 were at this site, and one vendor had sold out of his 100 boiled eggs by 6.30 am, and regretted not having learned more English at school! Even if the eclipse itself had been cloudy, as it appeared it might be en route, the journey there, zig-zagging through the bamboo forest used in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, was worth it.
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