…or just a “wicked” sense of humour from a graffitist on the “roof of the world”?
In October 2019 my beloved and I spent an unforgettable fortnight on the Tibetan Plateau.
We traversed some thousands of kilometres in Qinghai, China.
During those two weeks our little party laid eyes upon a grand total of two other Caucasians/“Westerners” – a hardy young British couple, on motorbikes.
On October 18 we enjoyed that journey’s most delicious lunch, during which somebody inscribed the dust on “our” vehicle’s spare tyre.
”Reading the signs” in a “foreign” land is often challenging, almost always interesting, sometimes dispiriting, at times hilarious, sometimes utterly bewildering.
Even in one’s own land, the “signs” – whether official, informal, or simply commercial/advertising – often tell (or suggest to) an observant observer many things in addition to – sometimes, contrary to – whatever the sign maker had in mind.
The next Pelican Yoga post will present some of the signs we encountered in China in 2019.