China - Final Thoughts Part II

More all Chinese photos...

This old man wouldn't let me take his photo so I had to sneak one - doesn't he look like what you think of China?

The family van, Chinese style!  A bike with a cart with mom and child perched on the edge!

These were similar to the tuk-tuks in Thailand

A typical Chinese street scene.  Bikes, people and merchants everywhere.

I think he had plastic bottles in there...

The Chairman Mao watch that my Dad and Stevie haggled for in Tianamen Square.  His hand waves!

Roasted potato anyone?  Yes, that's a barrel on the back of a bike that roasts potatoes! 
Talk about being in the hot seat!

This lady fussed at me after taking her picture.  For how much they liked to take my kids' pictures, they didn't want their own taken.  I would have loved to have bought one of those baskets, not the fruit, just the basket!

Another typical street scene.

These were Stevie's favorite trucks.  I think Jed Clampit needs one of these!

Caught this guy going down the highway.  That's a scooter attached to the front pulling the trailer bed.  Hope he doesn't have to brake suddenly!

This motorcycle/tractor vehicle was passing us in the twisty mountain roads near the Hanging Temple. 
Do you think it's homemade?

Grammie liked this one. The sign says it all.



It's hard to tell, but those green awnings are all poor farmers trying to sell their pomegranates - on the side of the highway!  There were acres and acres of pomegranate trees outside of Xi'an.




Across that decripit lot is a lady with a sewing machine under an umbrella.  Wow, is all I can say...



While visiting the jade factory, we were distracted by the music and excitement next door.  Turns out it was the opening of a new restaurant, which required dragon dancers, women in sparkly evening dresses, lots of speeches by local officials and the firecrackers.

OK, this is hard to see, but the little boy has a crack in his pants for, how shall I say, easy pottying?  Yes, they just crouched down and ta-da! No potty, no messing with pulling down pants.  Stevie called it the "poop chute".  You're lucky I'm not treating you to any other potty shots - they were disgusting!

You often saw groups of men sitting around playing games.

These people are drying rice by spreading it out on a parking lot and letting the sun dry it.  Here's a hint, always wash your rice before cooking it!

So Japan isn't the only country with funny signs!

Who knew?  Wal-Mart in China!  It was right across the street from our hotel in Xi'an.  Didn't have enough time to go in to see what a Chinese Wal-Mart looked like!