An Interesting Day
by tdaxp ~ June 10th, 2008
We brought Mother and Sister of tdaxp to Beijing’s Terminal 3, seeing them off safely in an airport far more comfortable and hospitable than in any major city in America. Later, learned to play Mahjong with what I assume are “Hong Kong Rules.”
During the day, saw one of the “tricycle men” — those people whose job it is to carry very heavy loads on their three-wheeled peddle-powered vehicles. Over my trips to Beijing I associated this occupation in particular with the very visible class divide in China. He was listening to his MP3 player.
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June 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Any Photos? I’d like to see the three wheel guy.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:21 am
The camera’s never there during interesting times, is it?
Also didn’t get a shot of the South Dakota license plate I saw today.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I bought this small and easy to use digital camera for just that purpose:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Optical-Stabilized/dp/B000Q30420
It fits into my pocket. I have a spare battery always being charged at home. I put a 16gig SD card into so I have plenty of space.
I remember instapundit writing several times something like “the best digital camera is the one you have with you”.