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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

Village Outhouse

This outhouse is about 50 meters outside the village.

Discarded Televisions

Wonder if they put out the TVs for people to salvaged or use them?

Xia Chuan’s Hospital

Giant ‘Golf’ Cart

With eight persons we toured the island in this cart.

Woman with Wheelbarrow

Wind Turbine Base

Wind Turbine on Hill

Warning Sign

This is a wind turbine warning sign.

Wind Turbine Control Boxes

The words say: “Danger – High Voltage, Stay Away”

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