Tuesday, October 31, 2006

nong tang















Yantai - East - A quiet mixed residential and commercial "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

man with plastic bag - square # 21






















Yantai - East - On a small street on the eastern edge of the city an old man collects discarded plastic bags - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

family















Yantai - East - On the eastern edge of the city at a small market, we were out shopping for a pair of 'winter slippers' for my beautiful fiance, at the vendors stall where we found what we were looking for a family stopped to admire our daughter (1 year and 3 months old) the boy is facsinated with my curly hair - afternoon

photo : mhobbs

Sunday, October 29, 2006

stars on the wall















Yantai - North - A woman sits outside her store, reading a book with a coal burning kettle stove at her feet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

holding the bowl - square # 20






















Yantai - East - A street vendor chats with a customer (who is eating a bowl of noodles) in a small backstreet on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, October 28, 2006

gas






















Yantai - East - An empty 'gas bottle' in an alley strewn with graffiti, on the eastern edge of the city - evening

photo: mhobbs

apples















Yantai - East - A biketruck "load" of apples on its way to a small market on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

pipes - square #19






















Yantai - East - A man in a small side street on the eastern edge of the city, makes "galvanized" pipes - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

standing man - square #18






















Yantai - East - A man stands with a cart stands outside a small store in a "nong tang" or alley on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

crossing - square # 17






















Yantai - Central - An old man with his bicycle crosses a busy intersection on the northern/central edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

leaf

















Yantai - East - An 'Autumn' leaf at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

yellow wall - white door






















Yantai - East - A yellow wall, green cloth and white door in a small alley on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

chopping block















Yantai - East - On a backstreet on the eastern edge of the city, a small restaurant's chopping block, cleaver and steamer - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

wet alley















Yantai - East - In a "nong tang" or alley on the eastern edge of town a girl uses an umbrella to protect herself from the rain - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

motorbike truck wheel

















Yantai - East - At a small market in the east of the city an old 'motorbike truck' sits abandoned - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

two boys















Yantai - East - In a small backstreet on the eastern edge of the city two young boys play in an alley outside their parents store - afternoon

photo:mhobbs

on the porch















Yantai - North - A man squate's outside his small 'machine shop' in a backstreet on the northern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

at the wall











Yantai - Central - Two men and a women wait for delivery work in a small alley in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

soft toys - square # 16






















Yantai - Central - An old man sits and reads on the sidewalk outside a busy department store in the centre of the city whilst selling "soft toys" - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Monday, October 23, 2006

three together - square # 14






















Yantai - East - Three immigrant workers stop for a 'smoko' at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

merchants - square # 15






















Yantai - Central -
In the centre of the city two men share a joke whilst waiting for a new customer - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Sunday, October 22, 2006

under a tree - square # 1






















Yantai - Central - In a small backstreet in the centre of the city two men waiting for 'employment' sit under a tree - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

three men - square # 2






















Yantai - Central - Three men (workers) sit on the side of a busy road in the centre of the city, waiting for 'employment' - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

sitting and waiting - square # 3






















Yantai - Central - A young man sits outside a "hardware" store in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

on his bike - square # 4






















Yantai - Central - A man sits perched on his biketruck in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

owner - square # 5






















Yantai - East - A store owner at a small market in the east of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

nut vendor - square # 6






















Yantai - Central - A young man at his "nut" stall in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

old woman - square # 7






















Yantai - Central - An old woman with a "crutch" rests outside a small clinic in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

old man - square # 8






















Yantai - Central - An old man sits outside a closed restaurant in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

lean - square # 9






















Yantai - Central - A man leans forward on his "seat" in a small back street in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

smoke - square # 10






















Yantai - Central - In a small backstreet in the centre of the city a man takes a break from his bicycle repair "shop" - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

homeless - square # 11






















Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city a homeless alcoholic sleeps on the sidewalk with a group of men nearby - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Game - square # 12






















Yantai - Central - On a busy main road in the centre of the city a group of men watch a card game - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

old man sitting - square # 13






















Yantai - An old man sits and watches the 'street walkers' pass by, in a small backstreet on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, October 21, 2006

cabbages















Yantai - East - In a small backstreet on the eastern edge of the city, cabbages sit "drying" in the sun outside a restaurant - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

3 kettles
















Yantai - Three old kettles sit on a coal burning stove on the street outside a small restaurant in a 'small backstreet' on the eastern edge of the city - late afternoon

photo: mhobbs

rust















Yantai - East - A rusting oil tank at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" in the east of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

skyline















Yantai - East - On the far eastern edge of the city an apartment and shopping development rises against the 'flatlands' landscape - late afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Grape vendor
















Yantai - Central - Grape vendor and a customer in a small market street in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

chun da 80















Yantai - East - On the eastern edge of the city a sign on a gate to the entrance of an old 'apartment/housing compound is half obscured by a old and peeling red paper "Chinese New Year" strip - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

chefs on the street















Yantai - East - Three young Chefs sit outside a small restaurant on a small backstreet, having a break, in the east of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

red















Yantai - East - Chilli drying in the sun - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

licence















Yantai - Centre - Taxi drivers licence on a dashboard of a taxi in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

arch






















Yantai - An arch at "Shandong Institute of Business & Technology", this arch like the building behind it and many buildings in China is tiled, the reason for this is to protect the concrete buildings from the corrosive effects of acid rain which covers over 70% of the country - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Sunday, October 15, 2006

street artist















Yantai - Centre - An artist (vendor) sketches a portrait on a busy street in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

chilli & vinegar






















Yantai - East - Chilli and vinegar on a table of a small restaurant in a backstreet in the east of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

wires






















Yantai - East - A man walks in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

at the door






















Yantai - East - A man stands in the doorway of his store, in a small backstreet in the east of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

on her bike














Yantai - Central - A woman on her bicycle on one of the many busy roads on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Friday, October 13, 2006

cards on the street

cards on the street






















Yantai - Central - In the early afternoon on a busy sidewalk in the centre of the city, men gather to play cards - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

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