Sunday, September 9, 2007

Tour of Jin Ding

Saturday we took the day off from work and went exploring. After fortifying ourselves at Mr. Pizza, we wandered around Jin Ding. [Click photos to embiggen]

We met these chickens, who, apart from being tethered to a tree in the middle of a busy shopping/eating area, seemed relatively happy:




These chickens? Not so much.



I bought a pair of "Chinese" sandals from this lady, who was cutting out more sandals from a sheet of pleather (yes, that's me in the foreground):



This was right around the corner from the main drag in town:


These are the kinds of spaces that always surprise me here. Busy, busy, busy, traffic, traffic, traffic, and then an unexpected field.

A kid mopping. It was funnier in person. He was really getting into it, even if the mop was getting the best of him. And he was really mopping the floor, not just messing about:



Chinese pick-up truck:



Post-yarn buying high (2 skeins of wool and 6 pairs of so-so needles for around 6 USD):

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Funny- they eat cats but chickens walk around on leashes?! I like the pick up truck