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Ferry and Bus Tickets

The left side is the Xia Chuan ferry ticket. The right side is the Xia Chuan bus ticket.

“Toy” Store

Inside is a lot of machines to separate you from your money.

Buying Ferry Tickets

Waiting For the Ferry to Xia Chuan

Tot Waiting to Board Ferry

Ferry Terminal

It is a long walk to the ferry.

Xia Chuan Ferry Exit

Landing on Xia Chuan one go to this exit.

Fish Drying

Chinese dry anything that isn’t eaten fresh.

Xia Chuan Map

Market Place

Notice the red line: It says: No sales this side of the line.

Meat Sales

Alligator meat for sale.

Fresh Fish

The Chinese like their fish to be swimming when they buy it. They’ll settle for the next best thing – just died.

Propane

People use propane gas as wealth increases. Before propane most people burn wood.

Dim Sum

Whoever wants to eat Dim Sum buys it here and takes it back to their table or home. Notice: everything has wheels which makes his cabinet, steam table…

Restaurant in Street

Restaurant Workers Cooking Noodles

Shrimp Sauce Aging

I was told the mixture must age 30 days or more to become a good shrimp sauce.

Homemade Shrimp Sauce

Shrimp sauce is popular. Stores sell factory made while it is rare that one gets homemade shrimp sauce. Yum!

Surf’s Up

A girl enjoying the surf.

Dune Buggies

Another way to tour the island is to hire a dune buggy like these three guys.

Tourists Wait Until We Pass

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