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As I'm winding down this trip to China I thouht I would include some miscellaneous photos. Things you don't see at home.
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Restaurants and hotels here are very formal. Each has a bevy of smartly dressed greeters:
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You never know what you will find along the sidewalks. Here is a guy selling body parts from endangered species! (supposedly cures what ails you...)
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Here is a guy I came across on a streetcorner in Beijing. He had a complete bike repair shop right there on the sidewalk and could fix chains, tires and gearboxes. He was busy every time I saw him:
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You see a lot of men playing card games or just sitting around :
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Since they have monkied with the population ratios (60% men to 40% women), maybe they are wondering where the heck all the girls are!
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This one is "Home-Sweet-Boat". It is pretty decrepit looking except for that hi-tech antenna on the roof:
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And finally, the people here did not take kindly to the "melamine-in-the-milk" episode:
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That's a baby covered in blood coming from the cow's udder.
Impressions of China
