catching up on the news #2 - square # 40

A woman pushes her "baked sweet potato" oven/cart along a small backstreet in the centre of the city, while another street vendor watches as she catches up on the news photo: mhobbs

hardware

Yantai - south - In the southern section of the city a man enters a small hardware store, crowded with plastic buckets and pipes which "spill" onto the already crowded sidewalk - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

night store

Yantai - East - A man enters a small "nong tang" (alley) store, late at night, car headlights reflect off the boxes stacked on the outside of the shop - night
photo: mhobbs

sisters fruit and vegetables - square # 31

Yantai - East - A woman stands behind the counter of her small 'shop', in a narrow 'nong tang' (alley) , the sign reads "sisters fruit and vegetables" - night photo: mhobbs

corner store

Yantai - North - A corner store in a small backstreet in the north of the city - 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

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

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

owner - square # 5

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

department store

Yantai - Central - A view from a speeding taxi of one of the many 'department stores' in the centre of the city
photo: mhobbs