Monthly:October 2013
‘Balancing Act’ is another photo taken on the streets of Xi’an, China, not far from the beer distributor.
‘Would you like a beer, Ma’am?’ was almost certainly NOT what the boy was asking the lady I assume to be his mother. I took this photo strolling along the streets of Xi’an back in 1991.
‘Pssst, Wanna buy a fox fur?’ is what I imagined the boy emerging from behind the row of fox pelts (at least, I think they are fox pelts) is asking the boy in blue striding down the street.
The expression, ‘Say Cheese’ is guaranteed to bring you all sorts of forced expressions but rarely a genuine smile. Thankfully, I never learned any form of Chinese so I was unable to ask today’s subject to, ‘Say Cheese’, which now makes me wonder what the Chinese expression for ‘Say Cheese’ actually is.
Today’s photo is of a man waiting in Xi’an. I’ve no idea what he was waiting for, most likely transport of some sort.
Which building in China has withstood over 70 earthquakes? That would be the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’an, China, built in 707 A.D.
