I have written here about the terrible water and electrics these old lanes houses have and I’ve been pretty fed up of the constant power cuts recently. There is a designated neighbour whose job it is to fix the electrics and what he does it strip off the plastic covering from an electric cable and… Read More »
Laoximen is a tremendous place, full of old lanes and fantastic communities its lanes full of little businesses like pavement barber shops, mending workshops, corner shops and fruit and veg markets which line the main street. Here fish flap about and struggle to breathe in the shallow water of the washing up bowl they’re held… Read More »
This man and his fascinating contraption has been hanging around Nanchang Lu for a few weeks. When I first saw him I couldn’t work out what was happening. There was clearly something in the black cast iron oven being turned quickly over the fire but it wasn’t popcorn. Then after a few minutes he got… Read More »