This is China - It has everything - A red "banner" (sign) , a bicycle, a chair, a box, garbage, a kettle, a corner store, a ladder, a vase, lamps, two (or more people) working together
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
this is China
taxi man - stepping up = square # 115
A man waits by his "motorbike" taxi on the side of a busy road in the "Zhifu" district center of the city
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bread # 2 - its not a reflection - square # 114
A young woman stands behind a street stall in the "Zhifu" district in the center of the city
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10:31 pm
10:31pm "Yantai Central Railway Station" - the train bound for Beijing sits idle on the platform
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bus station # 1
Waiting for bus number 23 at the Zhifu (central Yantai) bus station, I noticed this vendor oblivious to the rain
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bus station # 2
Late in the afternoon, waiting for bus number 23 at the 'Zhifu' bus station (central Yantai) people rushing home move past this street vendor who is seemingly oblivious to the heavy rain
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"Cathedral" - Beijing Central Railway Station
Looking down from the "high" second floor mezzanine of "Beijing Central Railway Station", the afternoon light casts a patch of light onto the over sized mosaic "marbled" floor
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bbq man - square # 113
At the intersection of two "nong tang's" (alleys) in the Laishan district, a man cooks bbq on an open coal bbq
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father and son
Father and son 'vendors' by their motorbike truck in a small backstreet in the "Kai Fa Qu" district of Yantai
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In the "Kai Fa Qu" district on the far northern edge of Yantai an old 'caution' sign on an abandoned apartment building
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above us all
The quiet of the "nong tang" (alley) is disturbed by the thunderous sound of an ascending passenger jet.
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blue frame
In a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Laishan district on the eastern edge of the city, the blue frame of a window is all that remains to show that a building was once lived in. Now abandoned the old brick and stone building, a traditional "Hutong" style dwelling is one of very few remaining in the residential area in a neighborhood being converted into stores and concrete apartment buildings.
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sticks
At a busy "night market" in the Zhifu district in the center of the city, a man prepares his stall for the coming 'trade'
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standing man #1 - "in time" - square # 112
Whilst walking in the Zhifu district in the center of the city, an old man stops to look into a store window
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standing man # 2 - "van"
In an (alley) "nong tang" in the Laishan district, a man stands by his van, outside the district bulk supply store
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away - square # 111
A delivery man leaves a courtyard in the Zhifu district in the center of the city, on his way to delivery a message.
potato man - wide # 8
Behind "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) a vendor sits by his 'sweet potato' roaster, waiting for his next customer
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Old bicycles parked along a wall of one of the several dormitory buildings at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" in the Laishan district, east of the city
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
The two most important people in my life - one standing - one running - Both beautiful
The two most important people in my life - one standing - one running - Both beautiful, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.
Yes - The two most important people that I know are Lucy (running) and Cecilia (background) We had an excellent afternoon on the beach, although the water isn't safe to swim in, (very polluted) the weather was fine, the breeze gentle the air fresh. The first day this year that we went to the beach (without wearing five layers of clothing). Lucy my daughter and Cecilia my partner.
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on white # 2
An "old man" in a "Peoples Jacket and Hat" walks along the foreshore of Yantai Beach Number one, on the eastern edge of the city
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strawberries - wide # 7
An old woman sits behind her market stall near the "Yan Da" market in the east of the city, as a family examines her fresh strawberries
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digging 'it' - square # 110
In the center of the city (Zhifu) at another construction site a man digs a trench, whilst his "co-worker' sits in the background
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
red dress - polaroid # 1
A young woman wearing a red dress walks along a narrow back street in the center of the city, in the background is a destroyed residential area
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blue and grey with bike
A black bicycle leans against a door to an old factory in the Zhifu distict
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going home
A vendor loads her biketruck as her small baby plays nearby at the intersection of two "nong tang's" (alley's) in the Laishan district
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corner wait # 2 - square # 109
A woman sits by her biketruck in a "nong tang" (alley), as a woman in the background peers into the window of an abandoned store, in the Laishan district on the eastern edge of the city
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on white # 1
An old man wearing 'a people's uniform' from the '60's, sits against a white wall of a large department store in the "Zhifu" district on the northern edge of the city
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lone - sunset
toward the end of the day a man on a "motorbike truck" speeds along an otherwise deserted street in the center of the city - taken from a taxi
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oyster - square # 108
A man and a woman (mother and husband) look on as a woman "shells" a bucket of oysters in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Laishan district, east of the city
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bread men - square # 107
Two Muslim men sit outside a small 'bread' store/restaurant near a large department store in the "Zhifu" district in the north of the city. The bread (round) is usually made fresh and made in the traditional way and baked in an open oven that uses coal. The bread although fresh, is often very hard and salty
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in the sun - square # 106
An elderly woman sits at her small stall in a 'small backstreet' on the southern edge of the city
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times square - wide # 6
A motorbike speeds past a busy market street in 'downtown' yantai
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steel - blue
In the center of the city on a busy road a man rides his "biketruck" loaded with scrap metal
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sitting not standing - square # 105
A middle aged man sits at his crowded stall in a narrow "backstreet" in the center of the city
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coke
Coke "Coca-Cola' That iconic beverage that you either love or hate is as much a part of life in China as it is in any other country - These bottles although small 250mls are very cheap for the size they cost around 1 Yuan (plus another 1 for the bottle deposit) sometimes its difficult to know if "its the real thing...." or a fake, yes Coke is "pirated" along with everything else in China
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pushing it # 3 - square # 104
An old man pushes a cart along a narrow street in a "Hutong" (traditional alley dwelling) neighborhood in the Zhifu district on the northern edge of the city
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end of the day - wide # 6
At the end of a long day an old man stacks his "biketruck" with cardboard boxes, ready for delivery.
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half moon
Tourists entering the 'Summer Palace' in central Beijing. The gates that are at the entrance are like tunnels first built in the 13th century, they have survived (surprisingly) many conflicts, yet the tourism and pollution that Beijing now faces is taking its toll of these beautiful structures
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apples # 2 - square # 103
A woman sits by her "box" of apples at the 'Yan Da' market in the Laishan district on the eastern edge of the city
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canteen # 2
A young girl works behind the counter of one of the four canteens at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" as a student waits to be served
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desolation row # 3
A partly demolished building near "Yantai Railway Station" in the 'Zhifu' district on the northern edge of the city
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man and bike - square # 102
An old man pushes his bicycle, loaded with his tools for shoe repairs and cleaning, along a small backstreet close to "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology".
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tomatos - wide # 5
A woman smiles as she sells her tomato's at a small "street" market in the Laishan district in the east of the city
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45* # 1
Washed-up on "Bohai Beach # 1" a frame of an old fishing boat, I discovered this last week after walking along the beach here in Yantai, in the Laishan district on the far eastern edge of the city
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rocks
Large river "pebbles" stacked within a mesh to form a wall for an "up-market" apartment/department store in the diplomatic precinct of Beijing in the east of the city
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corner wait
A man waits patiently for his next customer (shoe shine) on the corner of a small backstreet in the 'Zhifu' district on the northern edge of the city
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pushing it # 2
An old man pushes a cart along a narrow street in a "Hutong" (traditional alley dwelling) neighborhood in the Zhifu district on the northern edge of the city
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sewing
A shoe repair vendor sews a shoes on a small backstreet in the Zhifu district in the north of the city
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ginger man
A "ginger" vendor at the "Yan Da" market, in the Laishan district, east of the city, sits on his small motorbike/scooter reading a newspapr whilst waiting for the next customer (me)
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nong tang - montage
The intersection of a busy "nong tang" in the Zhifu district in the north of the city
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