Showing posts with label taxi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxi. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Just some pictures and little commentary

I just fixed the settings on my blog so anyone who wants to leave a comment on an entry can - I didn't realize I had my settings otherwise, sorry!
Class starts tomorrow so I'll wait till Friday to make a post but for now I thought I'd share some pictures.


Here's a view of downtown Wuchang:




Here's the city lit up at night - this view is from my balcony:



I don't know why Taxi drivers have to be caged in their area, it makes me wonder...:



This is how they drive - no such thing as yielding or lanes:



This is how close buses drive downtown while going as fast as they can - literally the most nerve wrecking event to watch while in a taxi:



Common breakfast (liang mian, cold noodles and bing zi, a fried spicy pancake-like thing):



This is a Wuhan specialty, re gan mian, which means hot and dry noodles:




This is Gao Qing eating dou si, which is rice noodle soup. It's really good minus the big yellow egg in the middle:



Nine course dinner at a shady little restaurant by the South Gate: