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