We’ve lived in China for six years, but we still see interesting things that catch our attention. So to continue a previous post – you know that you’re in China when you look out one of your apartment windows and see people beating a drum and burning a huge stack of gifts (for the dead, I assume),
and you look out the other window and see a team of people cleaning vegetables for sale.
When you see one work crew planting reeds in a drainage ditch,
and you see another work crew painting cartoon figures on sewer covers.
When you see a cheap cow car that reminds you of America’s Chick-fil-a,
and when you feel bad for the poor guys who have to drive the Mercedes SUV’s in a wedding because everyone else gets to drive a Ferrari:
When you walk around the corner of the street and see a group of marching tigers,
and when you walk around the corner of a hiking trail and see a statue with incense.
When you’re disappointed that your egg and bacon wrap at McDonalds looks like this,
but genuinely happy that your “ShuiJiao” (water dumplings) from a cheap, roadside restaurant look like this.
By now, you know that you can expect to see “You know you’re in China when” part 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 …
The food prep brings a whole new meaning to the “eat local” trend you see in some places over here. I think I like the painted man hole covers!
China is such an interesting place!
I like the painted manhole covers as well.
Nooo, that Mcdonalds breakfast wrap is sooo disappointing!