With JBP in meetings all day, I go to the streets. First stop, Pearl Market, an unseemly 5-story building where the whole world shops. You bargain here for everything and usually pay about 1/2 of the original price. First floor offers electronics, fake watches, scarves, costume jewelry; second floor - clothing; third floor - household items, antiques (?), cheap pearls; fourth floor - better pearl and coral jewelry (a feast for the female eye, a nightmare for the male!); top floor - where an armed guard meets you at the top of the escalator!
Afternoon - I finally try one of these street concoctions after an elderly Chinese lady convinces me - "all Chinese people like!" It's mixed fruit and cherry tomatoes dipped in melted sugar and cooled. Very Sweet - one was more than enough.
We've been amazed at the modes of transportation here. Many, many cabs, tandem buses packed with standing people, bikes and trikes of all sizes carry people as well as goods. Every street has a bike lane and traffic starts around 6:30 in the morning.
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