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
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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
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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

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
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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
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leaf

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

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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

three together - square # 14

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