serious in the sunlight

A serious-looking student leaves his afternoon English class. Shenzhen, China. Captured: April 14, 2008.

in bloom

After a winter that featured the longest, coldest stretch of winter weather in decades, spring has arrived in China. Okay, it wasn’t Winnipeg cold, but every space heater in southern China was sold during late January. After a few weeks of wondering if I had mistakenly been transported to Canada, the weather improved. Now the…

street fruit

Fruit vendor, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China. Sorry Captain and Tennille, I could not find a pineapple song. Captured: March 29, 2008.

wire

Fenced and abandon. Captured: March 29, 2008.

photos of dante’s chinese gridlock

I spent an hour and a half sitting in the back of a taxi Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t by choice. The entire trip should have taken 30 minutes. I found myself mired a mile from home, watching the meter click over every three minutes, adding more jiao to my fare. Why? Three lanes of traffic…