Jail walk

2008-05-08 19:22:10 -

A 72-year-old Chinese man walked more than 600 miles to visit his son in prison.
The man walked for 71 days from his hometown at Taihe town, Anhui province, to the prison at Lianping town, Guangdong province.
The pensioner had planned to take the train but had his savings stolen shortly after leaving home.
The father, who walks with a stick, says he begged all the way, and sometimes ate rotten food from bins during his two month journey.
He said: "I didn't see him for two years. I am here to visit him and tell him not to worry about me and transform himself for good, while in prison." Prison wardens were so touched by his story that they even bent the rules to allow him to see his son.