Night Market

I am (finally) able to present a taste into one of my favorite parts of China. Many of the locals have told us not to go because of a few reasons, it is very dirty, and not always safe...someone I know had his wallet stolen there. But despite everything I love it there.

People are so friendly...most of them are drunk and it is actually dificult to refuse when they plop a cup down in front of you and want to have a drink. It is even more dificult since I can't speak chinese, and most of them don't understand too much english.
In China everyone stares at you. But at the night market you are totally on their turf and I think they respect that you venture into this strange surreal world of still moving seafood, 4 foot flames, beggars and beer.

Our friends above were a perfect example. It is actually dangerous for me to go to the market without Diane beacause I don't drink. These guys were so friendly, and just wouldn't take no for an answer. I ended up pretending to drink and then handing like 5 or 6 dixie cups of beer to Diane. People will share their food with you too.




I specificly wanted these photos to be really surreal, because this is the atmosphere at the night market...it's like you step into a world with in China.

Everything is fun here, you can buy things really cheap, people are drunk, staring at the foreigners...sometimes there is really weird stuff, like I saw a Joe Satrianni shirt last night.

It reminds me of a mideaval bazaar.

The market is actually 2 parts, there is a food market and a market for goods. there are other night markets too for food for cooking at home.



Everytime I pass this place it cracks me up.


















































































































































































This is my favorite guy. I usually eat at his spot, he is really friendly, although we dont speak a common language. He makes a spicy stew that is special to the province i am in with carrots, spinich, peppers, this weird kindof thin mushroom, potatos, this weird square noodle and meat. and as you can see to his left...kegs of beer for most of the folks.

We went last night and these really drunk guys sat down, they kept handing Diane beer, giving me ciggerettes and skewers of lamb. Like I said before, sometimes its a little dangerous for me...I had a sip because they really get offended sometimes if you dont drink with them.













































Diane and Dejitsu shopping for purses.