digging

Yantai - Central - A man rests, after digging a trench in central Yantai - afternoon
photo/manipulation: mhobbs

mother and child

Yantai - Mother and child on Yantai beach No. 1 - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

electrical workers

Yantai - Central - Two men (electrical workers) standing by their truck
in the centre of the city
photo: mhobbs

sleeping giant

Yantai - Central - An old man sleeps in the street in the centre of the city - Afternoon
photo: mhobbs

tiles

Yantai - East - Ancient roof tiles placed in a concrete wall in an outside wall, small street in eastern Yantai
photo: mhobbs

Lo Mien & beer

Yantai - East - Beer and Lo Mein noodles (tossed wheat noodles) "soup" made in a small restaurant in a small backstreet in the eastern part of the city. - Early evening
photo: mhobbs

psychics on the street

Yantai - Central - Two psychics, a palm reader the other a "feet" (sic) reader, on a market street in the centre of town - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

against the wall

Yantai - Central - A street vendor with his 'biketruck' loaded with apples, rests against a wall in a small 'alley' in the centre of the city
photo: mhobbs

single light against the night

Yantai - A yellow light casts a strong glow against the approaching darkness in a small house in a backstreet in the eastern part of town
photo: mhobbs

middle age

Yantai - Central - A 'middle aged' woman rides past a billboard 'advertising' a Chinese clothes store in central Yantai. The billboard changes weekly and usually features a 'European Model' - Afternoon
photo: mhobbs

sunset behind the gate

Yantai - Sunset in eastern Yantai, small backstreet with an entry 'arch' or 'gate' welcoming visitors to the district - Dusk
photo: mhobbs

windows - reflected

Yantai - Two windows are relected in a pool of water at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" with a pile of bricks and coal on the ground - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

blur - taxi

Yanati - Central - Two high apartment buildings in the centre of town as seen from a moving taxi
photo: mhobbs

'red'- sculpture

Yantai - A steel sculpture reaches sixty feet (eighteen meters) into the hot morning sky in a square at "Shandong University of Business and Technology", with one of the many 'teaching buildings in the background
photo: mhobbs

resting #1

Yantai - Central - A man takes a break, resting in his "biketruck", in the centre of town
photo: mhobbs

resting #2

Yantai - Central - A man takes a break, resting in his "biketruck", in the centre of town (detail)
photo: mhobbs

Love - fixing the road

Yantai - East - Four men repair a small street in the eastern part of town
photo: mhobbs

broom man

Yantai - East - In a small street in eastern Yantai a 'broom man' delivers his latest brooms - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

lone

Yantai - East - A man looks out to sea at Yantai beach No 1 - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

fire hydrant

Yantai - East - Fire hydrant on 'central street' at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - morning
photo: mhobbs

shaded stairs

Yantai - East - Outside stairs of office building "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - morning
photo: mhobbs

grin

Yantai - East - Man on bike - Small backstreet - morning
photo: mhobbs

connecting

Yantai - East - Wires connecting to an ancient home in a small backstreet - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

yellow wall

Yantai - East - A 'modern' bike parked close to a bright yellow wall - early afternoon
photo: mhobbs

share

Yantai - East - Two young kids share an icy pole at a small street market, while their mother looks on - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

blue motorbike truck #1

Yantai - East - Blue Motorbike 'truck' - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

blue motorbike truck #2

Yantai - East - Blue Motorbike 'truck' (detail) - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

baskets

Yantai - Old man with baskets loaded onto his bike - Small backstreet - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

sitting

Yantai - Central - Man 'guarding' the entrance to
a small store - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

yellow cirles

Yantai - Central - Entrance to a "housing complex" and market, the old gate stands high above a small - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

quay

Yantai - Central - Quay - Bridge high above the quay area with
small fishing boats moored on the otherside of the small harbour - Dusk
photo: mhobbs

pier

Yantai - Central - Quay - Old pier with rusting "floats" and rotting
wooden struts - Dusk
photo: mhobbs

shade

Yantai - East - A "street vendor" sits under the shade of a 'police' booth
in a small backstreet - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

yellow rust

Yantai - Central - Rusting yellow pipes enter a huge airconditioner for a large department store - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

yellow dancing fan

Yantai - Central - Young girl at a street market and her 'little' brother
with a yellow "dancing" fan - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

bbq man

Yantai - Central - BBQ meat vendor, cooks the bbq on his biketruck on a
busy street in the centre of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

boy

Yantai - East - Young boy sitting on the steps of a small store - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

speak no evil

Yantai - Old man - Street market - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

on the street

Yantai - Vendors at the street market - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

read (red) & white

Yantai - Hand painted sign on old wall - Small backstreet on the eastern
edge of town - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

hanging on

Yantai - Central - Quay - Small fish store owner "docks" road - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

hanging fish

Yantai - Central - Quay - Smoked and dried fish hang at a small store on
the "docks" road - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

heading home

Yantai - Central - Quay - A man leaving the 'docks' area - small street
leading away from the Quay - Late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

dock bridge #1

Yantai - Central - Quay - High above the dock is the 'bridge' used to load
goods on and off the various ships that come to the small sea port of Yantai - Dusk
photo: mhobbs

dock bridge #2

Yantai - Central - Quay - Dock 'bridge' - Dusk
photo: mhobbs

preparation

Yantai - Central - "Times square" - Food vendor preparing a
meal - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

smile

Yantai - Central - Smiling face of a billboard for new apartment and department store complex - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

distant

Yantai - Central - Quay - Distant cranes through the mist and smog of the late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

green on mustard

Yantai - Central - Quay - Mustard building with green stairs - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

green walls

Yantai - Central - Quay - Green walls and a narrow pontoon lead to
several small fishing boats - afternoon
photo: mhobbs