day 68: 临汾(linfen) = 0km

I just remembered something: a while ago I had read in a German publication that 临汾 (linfen) was supposed to be the dirtiest town in all China.

Polluted, that is.

It seemed so intriguing to me… what would it be like, this ultimate degree of pollution?

Now that I am here, it’s just amazingly un-amazing.

Okay, besides the obvious problems that are inherent to any region that depends on coal mining…

Traffic can get pretty heavy here, too:

And there’s the notorious construction work all about the place:

All day - and all night..

In my personal opinion, 临汾 seems alright, though:

A place where young girls dress up and shake their little butts up and down the avenues can’t possibly be the worst.

…

I’ve been thinking about the whole video issue for a while now. Today I went into a store and did some extensive price negotiations, which ended up in both parties feeling victorious I guess:

So there will be more moving pictures in the future.

…

Oh, I almost forgot! I wanted to tell you about the weird thing on the “where I am”-map:

You can find 运城 (yuncheng) on there, right? (about 120km south from where I am now)

See the dark green thing northwest from 运城 that looks like some kind of mole or something?

I don’t know whether it’s a mountain or a crater, but it looks interesting and I’m thinking maybe I should go check it out?

It’s about 100km from 临汾 and a bit west off my original route.

What do you think?

Is it a mountain or a crater?

Should I go and find out?

Soundtrack: Fugazi - “Waiting Room”

—total: 963,8km

Posted on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 6:57 pm ;Filed under rest.