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New Versus Old

One can see a modern structure amidst the old buildings.

Flood Levels

Cao Ping Cun has been flooded many times. The most recent was super typhoon Manghut, September 18, 2018.. It average 107 mph winds with gust up to 138…

Kitchen Storage

Storage has always been a problem. She lines up her stuff linearly and on to the stairway.

Stoves

In many farm houses theses day are two stoves – wood burning and gas.

Cao Ping Cun

She is cleaning and drying. See the clothes upstairs, the carpets on the bamboo, and the fruit peels on the sidewalk.

Cao Ping Cun

Cao Ping Cun is a typical village in Shui Bu. It is a farming village that suffers from abandon buildings and labor shortages due to people going to…

Lady

This lady was nice and helpful. She let me into her home to take photos.

Watering the Landscape

At the train station watering in necessary for the nascent landscape. Their ground cover and trees require a lot of water until their roots sink deep into the…

Security at Train Station

Police presence is necessary because of the high people volume.

East Wing of Train Station

The East wing of the train station has plenty of room for people to haul their luggage.

Train Station Parking Lots

There are two parking lots; one on each wing of the train station.  At the time I was there there was not enough parking; they were building more….

Train Station Entrance

This outside the train station entrance. Inside one is immediately met with guide rails and the turnstiles.

Bus Terminus

This bus travels from the heart of Taicheng to its terminus here at the train station.

Woman Cleaning Sign

With the newness of the station all signage is cleaned daily.

Train Schedule

Anyone traveling will find their destination listed and the time the train leaves.

Baggage Check

After passing the turnstile one encounters the baggage screener. In America we have baggage screening on a cruise ships and airports, our trains and bus depots do not.

Entering a Ticket

Entering the main building immediately you are confronted with a turnstile where you must feed it your train ticket. Without the ticket, you must exit the building the…

New Train Station

The new train station is modern, utilizing modern technology, and high speed rail.

Train Station

This train station has all the modern technology including ticketed entrance. If you don’t have a ticket you cannot enter the main building.

Gardeners

They hired a lot of gardeners to landscape the new train station and its environs.

Young, Middle aged and Old

When it comes to drying rice the entire village helps.