Primary means of transport: A family is ready to ‘zip’ back to Lazimi village after shopping in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province, China. — Reuters
NUJIANG (China): Cha Huilan, a mother of two living in a Chinese mountain village cut off by a raging river, dangles from a harness hooked to a zipline every time she crosses its violent rapids and jagged rocks on frequent trips to buy medicine for her mother.
Using a boat is out of the question for the villagers of Lazimi, which lacks proper roads and bridges because the rocks and foaming waters of the river Nu, whose name means “angry” in Chinese, make it just too dangerous to risk.
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