MORE CHINA LIFE

So I wanted to tell more about life in Wanzhou, China. 

      Most people don't have a washer and dryer. Some have washers in their apartments, which CJ did. You fill the one side with water from the hose and let it wash, then put it in the next side and spin it and then put it back in the first side and fill it again and let them rinse and then back to the other side and spin again. If you don't have a washer, then everything is washed by hand and hung out the window to dry.  If you are lucky you can get a dryer like this one. Looks like a big old fashioned hair dryer and the principle is the same.  You hang your clothes in it, zip it up and there is a motor on the bottom that blows hot air which comes out the holes on the top.

There is always something going on at night.  You may see a group of singers and musicians and people standing around listening to the music.  You will also find a group or two doing Tai Chi or even a form of line dancing.

 

 

 

 

The streets are filled with stores of all kinds. Most of them are just small spaces and sometimes they pull things out to the curb and just sit there and wait for people to buy something.  I also thought it was very interesting that I heard music blaring from some of the stores as you walk by. I was amazed to hear Eminem, Lady Gaga, Adelle and of a few times I heard Louie Armstrong and some other very old tunes playing.

 

Besides the farmers that come in from the country and bring their  grapes, apples, nuts and other things I never saw before, in baskets that hang from ropes on either side of a board that they carry  across their shoulders, to sell as they wander from place to place aong the streets, there are also food stands everywhere.  They also pull there equipment out onto the sidewalk and cook it right there.  So many of the places to eat have tables and chairs right on the sidewalks and they are usually all filled but you can walk through the kitchen to other little rooms that they will have tables and chairs in there too

 

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I actually thought it would be a lot easier in China being a vegetarian.  Rice, vegetables and tea.  I found out that wasn't the case.
There are a lot of hot pot restaurants and they all seem to serve any kind of meat, chicken feet, cow stomach and intestines, squid and fish heads along with the rice.  I also would like to know who drank all the tea in China. Every restaurant would serve hot water in little glasses or bowls. I did try a few things like cooked radish and lotus root.

 

 

This is in front of one of the main department stores. There are only a few here but at night there are more. People bring all kinds of dog, puppies, kittens, and rabbitsd ( CJ said one time he saw a squirrel in a cage), to sell.

 

 

 

 

 

The weather was wonderful when I was there. It was in the high 70's low 80's and at night it was still very warm.  It usually doesn't get below freezing in the winter.  I certainly could handle that!!!