VintageMac

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I’ve just returned from one of my semi-annual trips to China and thought I would post some pictures of things I found interesting (there is no end to interesting things in China!)


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I’m forever amazed at what they can load onto a bicycle:


A load of plywood (unsecured) –




Plastic bags (for recycling) –




KFC Delivery (KFC is HUGE in China) –



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Then there is the cargo-hauling capability of the scooter:


All of your friends AND a 50 pound bag of rice –




Your best friend AND two 50 pound bags of rice –




Your shopping spree bags (that’s a motorcycle taxi) –



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Floral delivery – one guy sits backwards on the scooter, holding on to the cart while the other drives –



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The places I frequent usually are unfamiliar with foreigners. So, that makes me a novelty for them. It is not uncommon for multiple clerks to gather to help me with my purchases:


At the bakery –




At the silk-shop –




At the jewelry store –




At the grocery store (in this case I stopped by for some mouthwash. 8 clerks accompanied me to the proper section of the store after I made a swooshing motion with my mouth) –




At the DVD store –



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Street sweepers. You see them everywhere and their brooms are “organic”:





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Not a good thing to pull out onto a three-lane expressway and nail the bus in the far lane. This one was in Hong Kong and he had traffic tied in a knot:



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A mobile pet store!:



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Of course! Teabucks! Why didn’t we think of that?:



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Or this…A ride-up McDonalds for the kids:



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Dryers are pretty much non-existent in China. Everyone hangs their clothes out to dry:





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Entrepreneurs!:

A street corner cobbler –




And a street corner bakery –



Not to be outdone, a street corner cooked rice vendor –



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Cute kids abound:

This little girl was on a bus -




And this one was miserable on a very hot and humid day -



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A sign on the window of a pizza parlor explaining to the customers just what a pizza is:



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My “taxi” to the hotel when I arrived in a small town in Southern China:



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Yin-and-Yang (one balances the other):



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A lady with a balanced basket of eggs and ducks:



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These home-made trucks crack me up!:









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Nice to know that the chocolate cookies are healthy!:



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And speaking of chocolate, this is what I found when I opened the package of a frozen “chocolate bar”:



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A fake Koehler toilet:



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A very wide load on a truck:



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The Chinese equivalent of “WASH ME”?:



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That’s it for this trip!






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Tual06s2k

Great photos Larry! Looks like you had a good time. I am glad that you share these with us, especially for people like me that will probably never get to China.

My favorites were of the motorcyles and scooters. It truly is amazing what one of those things can hold!

S20004ME_PDX

Nice pictures Larry! Now that some of my fam moved back to Taiwan, I will be able to visit more easily now, I'm hoping to go there this coming Chinese new year.

That last pictures just says "Chinese People". "wash me" would be funnier though.

AWsum_s2k

Great pictures Larry! It is amazing how ingenious people can be with limited resources.

Like Doug said, thanks for sharing. It gives perspective to our way of life.

LoudMusic

Just keep telling yourself that the Coke Zero balances out the ice cream.

Thanks for sharing!

mysilvers2k

Thanks for sharing Larry, I love pics of all your trips.

Sabre

Give me a #1, Supersized and a diet coke please.



Very entertaining pictures. I love seeing the differences between cultures. Probably my favorite thing about my time in Hungary.

#172CR

Looks like fun.....what'd you pick up at the jewelry store?

VintageMac

Inexpensive jewelry, actually... Necklaces and earrings.

VintageMac

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Oh, I also spent a couple of days in the world famous Yangshuo Cooking School in a remote village in rural Southern China. I learned to cook Chinese food there.


The school:



The classroom:



Learning to stir-fry:



The "break room" and where we ate the fruits of our labor:



The view from the "lunchroom":



The items we cooked:









It was a great experience!


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