Today is the start of the Chinese New Year Holiday which is the first month of the lunar calendar. Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday in China, much like Christmas week in the U.S. Most businesses are closed and people travel home to see their families. In fact, it is described today as the largest human migration in the world as well over 100 million people are travelling in China this month.
Our Caterpillar worksite is largely abandoned because all of the construction workers have started their holiday. In China, most construction laborers are migrant workers from the countryside who come to the cities to work. They go home only once a year at Chinese New Year.
One day last week, I gave a ride to a colleague who was travelling home the next day to Harbin in Northern China. She was going to be taking a 30 hour train ride to get there. CNN has been showing photos from the train stations where most of the tickets have been sold out for some time.
Our family will also be traveling for Chinese New Year. Tomorrow morning, we leave for a 10 day trip to Vietnam. We will spend three days in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) and a week at a resort at place called China Beach. Stay tuned for the next blog to be posted direct from 'Nam.
Our Caterpillar worksite is largely abandoned because all of the construction workers have started their holiday. In China, most construction laborers are migrant workers from the countryside who come to the cities to work. They go home only once a year at Chinese New Year.
One day last week, I gave a ride to a colleague who was travelling home the next day to Harbin in Northern China. She was going to be taking a 30 hour train ride to get there. CNN has been showing photos from the train stations where most of the tickets have been sold out for some time.
Our family will also be traveling for Chinese New Year. Tomorrow morning, we leave for a 10 day trip to Vietnam. We will spend three days in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) and a week at a resort at place called China Beach. Stay tuned for the next blog to be posted direct from 'Nam.
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