China Streets (Yiwu/Shanghai) - part 3

Taken: 22-Aug-2010
Pictures taken with Fujifilm Finepix F450
Location: Yiwu, China.
All pictures © all rights reserved.

Continued from Part 2

#15 - Yiwu Night Market

#16 - They are more intimate??? And Ray is coming.

#17 - New International Terminal at Hangzhou Airport

#18 - We made a pit stop at Shanghai. Shanghai is filled with highways like these.

#19 - Shanghai bund.

#20 - Slicing of our Peking Roast Duck.

China Streets (Yiwu) - part 2

Taken: 22-Aug-2010
Pictures taken with Fujifilm Finepix F450
Location: Yiwu, China.
All pictures © all rights reserved.

Continued from Part 1

Night fell and the life of the city took on another feel. Lights of restaurants, entertainment complexes as well as the night market took over the mundane business dealings in the day.

#8 - It is an interesting city due to the influx of traders from all over the world. You can find a slice of their life somewhere in this city. Muslim BBQs, Turkish restaurants, and even Egyptian cafes complete with Hookas

#9 - In this city people are serious about their hair. Here is one of the largest hair stylist in the city. The founder and owner of this joint, Ah Guang, was the hairstyle designer for Jacky Cheung for his 2002 concert tour. Needless to say, he struck gold after that gig.

#10 - In the midst of the fine dinning and expensive restaurants, the street eats rule.

#11 - At the night market, you can get your manicure and tattoos all done on the spot at the one-stop shop.

#12 - Or you can get your pants or shoes repaired or adjusted.

#13- Hot plate fried rice store at the night market. Pick your ingredients and the dude will whip it up for you.

#14 - No night market is complete without your BBQ store.

China Streets (Yiwu) - part 1

Taken: 22-Aug-2010
Pictures taken with Fujifilm Finepix F450
Location: Yiwu, China.
All pictures © all rights reserved.

Took a trip back to Yiwu city in Zhejiang province. This is a very unique place where a small city is blessed with tremendous growth within a very short time. Many things had changed since I last went there, and many things had not. Everyday sights there seem more common place during the times I lived there years ago. Now, going back as a visitor, everything seem fresh and new again. I wanted to capture what life was for me and armed with my small little compact camera this time, I snapped away.

#1 - Yiwu city skyline. I used to stay in one of those 6-storey buildings in the foreground.

#2 - What Yiwu is famous for is their small goods market. Buildings, grouped by products/services, houses more than 150,000 trading storefronts like these selling everything you can imagine.

#3 - Pigeon cages? To keep them out or in?

#4 - Now this is new. A business shirt vending machine.

#5 - Precisely what I was looking for to take photos of... Exotic!

#6 - The store sign literally says "Out-of-style Clothing Store"

#7 - Street-side restaurants starting to setup for the busy night ahead.

Continued in Part 2.