Sunday, November 13, 2005


Huaihua - not a good day today - this will be the last
image on this site for a while, my camera was stolen today -
I will purchase a new camera within six weeks or so

photo. mhobbs

Saturday, November 12, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - center - bike guy
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - vendors at a street
market for "meat"

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Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - street cleaner
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - contruction - site
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - east - small market
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - central - vendor "small street"
photo. mhobbs

Friday, November 11, 2005


Huaihua - alleyway in the centre of Huaihua leads to
a pile of coal and a hospital

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - homeless in Huaihua - a woman sleeps under a
bridge, there are no "official" statistics to homelessness
in China but it is estimated that there are at least 200, 000
homeless children in China's major cities alone

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - small street close to Yingfeng East Road
- boxes on the sidewalk

photo. mhobbs

Thursday, November 10, 2005


Huaihua - eastern campus - cafeteria - students lunch
"tins" lined-up on a table prior to lunch

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - eastern campus - view from the fifth floor
(teaching building) construction of the new government
offices and the "media center" in the background (left)

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - University - western campus - Motorbike rider
prepares for the rain

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Huaihua - University - western campus - "young girl in the rain"
photo. mhobbs

Wednesday, November 09, 2005


Huaihua - University - western campus - students holding
umbrella's low, rush to class during a heavy rain storm

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - central - motor bikes on the sidewalk
photo. mhobbs

Tuesday, November 08, 2005


Huaihua - University - eastern campus - caretakers "shack"
no electricity - no water - two rooms

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - early morning street market
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - University - eastern campus - airconditioner -
being installed - four stories up, a man sits on an airconditioner.
One death every fifteen seconds. Six thousand a day.
Work kills more people than wars. And it injures and mutilates,
too. Almost 270 million accidents are recorded each year,
of which 350,000 are fatal throughout the world.

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - University - eastern campus early morning -
thick pollution blocks out the sun

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - University - eastern campus - fruit stall -
mandarin oranges, apples and tomatoes

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Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - farmer - truck driver
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - bald man - outside
"hardware store"

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Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - older woman
"pulling trolley" - fruit stall

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - early morning -
meat stall and bike "truck"

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Monday, November 07, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - "trolley-stall"
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - entrance to "hidden" supermarket
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - businessman crossing road
photo. mhobbs

Sunday, November 06, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - small street
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - eastern outskirts of the city - land erosion
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - market day - stall holder - "old man"
photo. mhobbs

Saturday, November 05, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - market day - "old man"
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - market day - street market
photo. mhobbs

Friday, November 04, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - market day - second-hand
shoes lined up on the street - for sale (detail)

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - market day - second-hand
shoes lined up on the street - for sale

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - back alley - motor bike - transport
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - "market day" once a
month farmers come into the city from surrounding
areas to sell their produce. - "street cooking" - a woman
cooks noodle's in the middle of the road - the market blocks
the road - causing major traffic jams throughout the city

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - back alley - four women play marjong -' the
sound of the marjong tiles "clicking" can be heard
throughout the city '.

photo. mhobbs

Thursday, November 03, 2005


Huaihua - University - western campus - wall with posters
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - sign on old wall
- for 380 yuan mobile phone

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Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - traffic jam - truck - bus - truck.....
photo. mhobbs

Wednesday, November 02, 2005


Huaihua - central - construction workers - refurbish a supermarket
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - central - stall - grilled meats - sausages -
chicken wings and tofu

photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - University - western campus - making "la-mein"
(wheat noodles)

photo. mhobbs

Tuesday, November 01, 2005


Huaihua - Yingfeng East Road - black scooter
photo. mhobbs

Huaihua - near the University - Western campus - graffiti - (detail)
photo. mhobbs