China

China
Its a strange place. It seems to be in its adolescences, going through growing pains. For instance, on any given street in Yongshuo you can find four types of vehicles. There is the motorcyle, very common, and prefered by most locals. There is the volkswagen, and the square van which has seven seats, but with the addition of some wooden stools and benches doubles its carrying capacity. And then, there are trucks, that have no front. The engine is exposed. There are no doors, and the steering wheel can be anything from a bicycle handlebars, to two planks of wood. In Pin lu, Rickshaws are very common, but they all seem to be homemade. Like a metal box on wheels with half a motorcycle sticking out the front.
The houses really show how much of a developing country China is. If they are painted, they are only painted on the frontside. And they always seem to be crumbling. It may be the fact that I am in the country(ish)side, but everything has a thin layer of dust covering it.