Yes, I have borrowed the map, to indicate where in China, you can find HuangShan. It is in the southern corner of Anhui province, which is a little south west of Shanghai.
There are some amazing tourist spots in Anhui. The most notable of these is HuangShan, however, in this entry you don't get to see some of the scenery. That is for a later post.
We ended up in the town at the end of the visit, and walked around the market place.
We went into the market area, and walked around looking at the shops selling touristy stuff. It was quite late at night. Possibly, it was 9 pm or so, or it was between 8 pm and 9 pm. I remember, we had a very late night flight back to Shanghai, and we had an hour after dinner, before leaving for the airport.
I was, as usual, walking around with my camera. I did not use my tripod, which is why many of the pictures that I took were not sharp. However, I was in more of a mood to catch the mood, than to take razor sharp pictures.
While the shots look bright, I think that they capture the rather gloomy aura in the shops. Empty shops, idle tourists, a lot of money stuck in merchandise that will probably never been sold, shopkeepers waiting in desparate hope that one, just one tourist, will buy something. However, as the world poulation grows, our homes will become smaller, and there will be less and less space to keep stuff. So, what do you buy, and how much?
Yet, the shopkeepers wait for people like us, to buy their wares. Till then, they while away the time in idle gossip.
Elsewhere, the lady sits on the stool with her child, possibly waiting for him to grow up, possibly waiting for her husband to return home. It was a warm day, so she was possibly just sitting there to get away from the oppressive heat in her small home.
Bombay has a lot of life on the streets, and this is supposed to represent an explosion of energy. I just think that it is better for the people to be on the streets than at home.
The lady sat and waited while I clicked my camera button. I don't think that she really gave a damn for me.
Clearly, the economic miracle of China seems to have passed Anhui by, despite the steady influx of tourists.
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