Taking It All In

We walked around Guangzhou today and took some pictures. Some of these are in the same area I jogged in last night.

The above picture is of something we can't even guess what it is, no clue. It is a plate with water and a glob of something with tiny worms swimming around.

There was a large bag of dried seahorses. When we showed interest the fellow took one out so we could see it.

I think these are dried lizards on a stick. Not sure what they are used for, maybe just novelty decorations. I am showing my ignorance of Chinese culture. Those of you much smarter than us, can let us know.

Lots of outdoor street vendors selling anything you can think of (and some things you have never ever thought of!)

One street we walked down was like a pet store. We saw turtles, rabbits, fish, dogs, cats, frogs, and crabs.

This last picture needs an explanation. Sorry it is so blurry, we were being jostled about by the crowd.

During our walk, Liddia needed to go potty, and as usual she is pretty urgent about it. Well, it is tough for us to find public restrooms, so I started hunting.

We entered the store shown in the picture hoping to find a restroom. You can't see it very well so I will attempt to describe. There must have been one thousand people in there, and I am not joking. The isles were about two feet wide, shoulder to shoulder filled with people, you think I am exaggerating, I am not.

What you see is an entrance, once you get inside the isles are very narrow. You thought Wal-Mart was bad, it doesn't hold a candle, even Wal-Mart day after Thanksgiving!

What made it worse is Liddia was in a stroller. Trying to be polite, waiting for an opening in the crowd didn't work. You just had to be bold and keep moving.

The funny thing is that Liddia was really tired and she fell asleep by the time we made it to the restroom at the back of the store. We didn't want to wake her, so we forged the crowd again trying to exit the store hoping to make it back to the hotel before she woke up. No such luck.