sigh

sigh, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A woman sits outside her small mixed business 'store" in the Xiangqiao district, near the center of the city

As I took this image, before walking away I heard this woman sigh, she seemed resigned to sitting and waiting for that illusive customer - I walked back to her store and purchase a small bottle of coke from her.
photo:mhobbs

game - square # 149

game, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A group of "ricksha" (rickshaw) drivers gather on a street corner for a lunch hour game of cards
photo:mhobbs

red square(s) at night

red square(s) at night, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Sign on a wall of a "nong tang" or "xiao xiang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district
photo:mhobbs

rain sweeper

rain sweeper, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A "worker" sweeps the leaves and rain from the gutter during a rain storm in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

man dreaming of baskets of corn - square # 148

man dreaming of baskets of corn, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A street "trader" sleeps beside his basket of corn and bicycle in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district
photo:mhobbs

woman looking for something more - square # 147

woman looking for something more, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A woman sits at her small stall in the market district of Chaozhou
photo:mhobbs

game - square # 146

game, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A group of "ricksha" (rickshaw) drivers gather on a street corner for a lunch hour game of cards

photo:mhobbs

red square(s) at night

red square(s) at night, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Sign on a wall of a "nong tang" or "xiao xiang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district

photo:mhobbs

rain sweeper

rain sweeper, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A "worker" sweeps the leaves and rain from the gutter during a rain storm in the Qiaodong district

photo:mhobbs

man dreaming of baskets of corn - square # 144

man dreaming of baskets of corn, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A street "trader" sleeps beside his basket of corn and bicycle in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district

photo:mhobbs

woman looking for something more - square # 143

woman looking for something more, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A woman sits at her small stall in the market district of Chaozhou

photo:mhobbs

looking away from the road ahead

looking away from the road ahead, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Bicycle with fruit baskets, in a small 'backstreet' close to the central market in the Xiangqiao district

photo:mhobbs

looking away - wide # 16

looking away - wide # 16, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A street vendor in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city

photo:mhobbs

shelter

shelter, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A narrow "nong tang" (alley) between the crowded apartment buildings and "hutongs" (traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in the Xiangqiao district

photo:mhobbs

the fixer

the fixer, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

In a small "backstreet" in the Xiangqiao district, a woman sits in the shade of a building repairing shoes

photo:mhobbs

gate man - square # 142

gate man, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man stands at the gate to a small hotel in the center of the city

photo:mhobbs

point

point, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Arrow painted on the road at the "gate" of Hanshan University, in the Qiaodong district

photo:mhobbs

contact print # 4 - street

contact print # 4 - street, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man pulls a cart along a narrow "backstreet" in the Xianqiao district near the center of the city

photo:mhobbs

le petit parapluie

le petit parapluie, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Two young girls on a bicycle in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city

photo:mhobbs

rider - square # 141

rider, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A ricksha "guy" in the Xianqiao district in the center of the city

photo:mhobbs