CHANGSHA, HUNAN -- I teach in China, and every year we foreign experts and teachers have to get a physical exam -- chest X-ray, blood test, EKG, BP, and ultrasound of our abdomen. For me, that requires a trip to the provincial capital, Changsha.
Instead of a five-hour bus ride, this time we took a car to Huaihua to pick up the high speed rail to Changsha. It's a little quicker (four hours) and much more comfortable. Tomorrow we go to the clinic, get tested, and then can do what we like.
I took some photos along the way of some of the towns and villages between Huaihua and Changsha. Hope you like them.
The train pulls into Huaihua South Station
Town near Shaoyang city
Someone's small farm
Rice paddies
Crossing the river near Xiangtan