Sunday 11 October 2009

Where rice cookers come from

Zhanjiang's architecture

A baby lion

For our protection

At the local market

The local diner

Tuesday 4 August 2009

The Museum's guard dogs


















Saturday 27 June 2009

A girl, and her baggage


Wednesday 11 February 2009

Chicken dinner






















An hour out of Zhanjiang, in the middle of nowhere, is a chicken restaurant.
Wrapped in foil and mud, cooked in a clay oven, the chicken was succulent and delicious.

New things

Our new apartment (fourth floor down and the three windows on the right), and my new folding bike (nearly 30 years since I last rode one).

Out now




If the streets are not lined with palm trees they're often lined with bauhinia blakeana trees, the city flower for both Zhanjiang and Hong Kong.

Monday 26 January 2009

Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox







Gong xi fa cai!

Wishing you happiness and prosperity!














Buying Spring Festival decorations.


















Our apartment with our spring festival flowers.






















Breakfast on New Year's Eve...... followed by dinner.


























Red lion, yellow lion.


Frightening off the evil spirits on New Year's Day, and gathering an audience.
























Windmills to mark the 'winds of change' for the new year.
















Friday 23 January 2009

On tour


Travelling in South-east China with Catherine and Roger, and Catherine's brother, and Roger's sister, and Roger's sister's family.





Visiting Luo Jiangzhong and his family.










And with our friends Lynda (second from the left) and Suzie (far right).














In front of Moon Hill with our Yangshuo guide, Jack









(Click the pictures for a larger image.)

The Puppet Master of Zhangzhou































© Richard Evans

On the move with 'Tour Guide' Lynda


A street market in Xiamen






















© Richard Evans

In the hills















West of Zhangzhou and Xiamen some ancestral halls have stone posts erected in the forecourt to mark the achievements of local citizens.


© Richard Evans

The things you see!

















'It's Mickey!!'

A cool night in Fuyu Tulou