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The gal in the photo is in her late teens, maybe early 20s. She looks older because the photo is blurred.
I watched her stand at the entrance of an escalator for a good 3+ minutes. She’d take her foot almost put it down on the moving stairs, pull it back, laugh nervously, try again, etc. She finally screwed-up enough courage to step aboard—her first escalator ride!
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The mausoleum photos were striking – almost eerie, in a good way. The past does speak to those who listen.
I keep thinking the faces of your last class were memorable. These are good faces: smiling, animated, engaged. These are good looking kids.
The motorcycle guy with the oranges: I recall driving some 50 mph on the highway in Taiwan. On the passenger side, a mother was riding her small motorcycle. She had a toodler in a backpack on her back. A larger child behind her, squeezed against the toddler. And a tweener child riding in the front basket between the handlebars. Her left rear view mirror was maybe a few inches from my passenger side mirror. 50 mph. Packed traffic, and they drive adventurously Orange man has nothing on her……
I think Asia is full of such sights. The only place that I’ve found for surpassing it is India.