I absolutely adored these guys when I saw them at a temple in Shanghai. I took about 100 pictures of them, and finally had to be pulled away by my companions.
I know these picture gives you no perspective to get how big they are, but they are BIG. The biggest ones (not shown) are about 50 years old and the size of my cat Talli.
So, the other day there was a typhoon. Now, 70 km inland, we just got a little tickle, but let me tell you the rains and winds were biblical in proportions. I did not dare ride my scooter the laughably short distance to school as I knew I would be blown away. When I arrived in school I took off my shoes and socks and pants to dry them - much to the mock horror of Paul the amusing Englishman. I defied him to tell me what the difference between bathing suit bottoms and underwear is and blithely left them hanging off the air conditioner/heater. I have since taken a spare pair of pants (not the English meaning: 'underwear' but rather 'trousers') and shoved them in a desk drawer for the next typhoon.
Here is the gang again (what else am I going to do with 100 pics of gaping-mouthed koi?) And one more for perspective. K
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