SWEET SCENT BRINGS TWO VIBRANT CITIES TO MIND

As a refreshing early autumn breeze sweeps across Guangta Road in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou, I walk through a long passage to the yard of Huaisheng Mosque.

As I walk, that breeze brings in a fragrance that mingles lemon, jasmine and honey, refreshing this earlyriser's mind.

Looking toward the ground, it becomes apparent that the fragrance emanates from frangipani petals shed from a lofty tree and now scattered across the slabstone.