Ma Ma Yo!! - Lanshan Scenes

I've been dying to get some good photos of this town for ages. Went for a walk today on a warm and sunny January 31st and actually remembered to take my camera.

One of the most characteristic aspects of Lanshan is its transport. If you don't want to walk (which is easy enough in a place this small) you hail down one of these little three-wheel motorbike taxis with a cry of 'Ma ma yo!!!'.

They are everywhere. For a three yuan flat-fare they will take you anywhere you want. You can fit three people inside at a push, just don't ask them to go up any hills... I'd love to have one back in the UK but there's no way in hell they'd be declared road-worthy. They are beautiful little things but a bit too well ventilated in the winter. The name includes a Chinese word for 'slow' - man man (慢慢). No false pretences there.

As I was out and about I took a few more shots. The first is of a main crossroads near a big supermarket (plenty of ma ma yo's in view and about as affluent as it gets here), the next is at the entrance to the market, followed by views of inside the market while the last is of a small street next to the school, showing typical Chinese homes. Nothing spectacular here but this is where I live.