Observations in China July 2012 part 1

*Fancy pillows in car back window
*Muslim women, full scarves, on scooters with groceries and child
*Mega apt. Complexes next to Adobe
*Gates that sizzor and roll into side
*Drop toilet open to air in back, wide rectangle hole, chest high wall, no door
*Rock houses on hill with solar panel
*Aqua colored guard rail on new highway
*Kale Karakul 3600m, mines all the way, could see 7 glaciers
*Taklamaken desert had so much salts blowing it looked like snow
*Grape vines growing up to roof of homes on lean to, shade and easy picking
*Whole hills dug down
*Other hills with narrow terraces for trees, erosion control, also big projects for erosion on sides of roads, thousands of kilometers hand planted
*Lots of derelict buildings, dirty, garbage, shit
*Everywhere is building, moving dirt, digging, filling, dumping
*Ladies covered up from sun. Hat with brim, back neck cover, face mask, arm sleeves with elastic, bed jacket style, parasols
*Saw man tie his hammock from his parked truck to a tree on the sidewalk for a nap
* Home Depot, Dunkin Donut, Dairy Queen, KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, Subway, Costa Coffee, IKEA, Hagen Dazs
* Street sweepers vehicle plays music
* Dump trucks tip sideways
* Banks of flowers in pots, not planted
* Cemetery graves are conical mounds
* Diaper less babies, pants spilt front to back, all hanging out
* Flashy billboards for alcohol
* Alcohol bottled are so pretty, as are cigarettes, shiny and holographic
* Trucks have 12 wheels in back and bloody long
.* Coffins are shaped like a foot with toes turned up
* Special carpets to fit the seat on motorbike
* Road tolls are expensive
* Red Bull from here
* Sun drying melon pieces
* Hollyhocks along roads
* Motorcycle taxis
* Street sweepers have broom from shredded plastic, like feathers
* Exercise is done before work
* Car license plates ate gotten by 60% by lottery and 40% by auction
* Beijing medical city has 14,000 beds
* Moochi with Batman logo inside
* Hot drink from Pomelo, bits of skin and flesh
* Sunflower seed shells tossed anywhere
* Big rocks used for entrance signs, announcements, about anything. Also just for the shape
* Sleeping buses, ride along in a bed

Hair cut in Beijing

Yan, our guide, and I were walking to find an optical store as my glasses are broken-again. There was a group of eager young people in a shop door. I was thinking of having my hair fixed as I gave it quite a chop last time I gave myself a cut, and here was the opportunity. Yan was game as well.
She translated that I give the creative opportunity to the stylist. I got the hot one, very cute in her high heels, short jean shorts, beautiful smile.
But first, as I sat in the chair, a boy put some 'dry shampoo' out my head which made a lot of foam. He made an art out of this process. Then to the rinse chair which was so comfortable, supported in every way.
Back to the regular cutting chair, not yet was the cutting to begin. The chair was laid back and the massage started. Head, neck, back, arms. A rigorous one as well. Back to wet my hair again.
Now the cut. It is short, looks fuller and she put my flower more to the top, up from my ear where it had been for a very long time. My sideburn areas are shaved, hair with wax and sprayed.
Yan got a great cut and her ends permed. Looking very fluffy.
And the price? 60 Yuan. 6.2 Yuan to $1. What a deal.