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“window framing tree, towers and hidden river” by Manuel Alvarez Diestro

I was at 600 AM in the North West of Guangzhou.  I was looking for holes on walls where I could see through and discover new vistas of the periphery. On a little street full of marble workshops I found a rusty gate with several openings.  I bended my knees and saw a row of towers in the back perfectly aligned. The written red Chinese characters next to the wholes reminded me I was in China.  Later I would discover that between the towers, the esplanade and tree lied the Pearl River or perhaps one of its many branches.

I left the gate and reached an iron bridge similar to those built by the Eiffel school.  A train passed through and the structure vibrated.  I closed my eyes and wondered I could be in the Colindres iron bridge traversing the Ason River or in the Imbaba bridge traversing the Nile River in Cairo. 

I did not take a photo of the iron structure but I let you imagine that not far from the view that you can see there is a bridge on the left margin and a river between the towers and the tree.

Guangzhou will be coming soon to  www.transitorycities.com

Hong-Kong from above

HKG from above by M. Alvarez Diestro

I wish I had the enough memory to have a souvenir of that flight.  I spent many hours next to somebody.  I do not recall anything.  A face, conversation…something.

But I remember those locations below.