a woman who is partially blind sits in the shadows outside her small home in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
See the "Middle Kingdom" through the eyes of a British/Australian (from Melbourne, Australia) living and working in China
Saturday, October 31, 2009
when the light is at your side
Friday, October 23, 2009
all that is fit to print
reading the "news" outside his home, in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
Thursday, October 15, 2009
she stands
a seemingly very young woman stands in the doorway of a "hairdresser", this is not a place to have a haircut.
In Chinese pinyin this has a name it is Ji Dian. (perhaps this translates as Slut shop or Hooker shop)
photo: mhobbs
she has many stories
an elderly woman strolls along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu District, in the inner west of the city
photo: mhobbs
veil
a bike is parked outside a small "medicine and massage" establishment in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu District, in the inner west of the city
photo: mhobbs
jacket
an old man strolls along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) , in the Haishu District, in the west of the city
photo: mhobbs
Sunday, October 11, 2009
soya
beans dry in the warm afternoon sun, the beans lay in a broad flat basket in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Monday, October 05, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
red gate - close to noon # 11
the red gate - one of the entrances to Dahongying University (where we teach) Gaoqiao district of Ningbo
photo: mhobbs