native nights...And realizing that not one room in the 5 floor building you live in has a fire detector

Walked to old street area tonight...and took pictures all along the way. Pictures with better light were taken close to where I live/work, the others were taken in old street area, my favorite part of this town. This town really comes to life at night. I imagine that's due to 2 things. One, that that's when a lot of people work to earn their living (selling food,  jewelry and mostly items indigenous to their native province), and also because its just so freaking hot here during the day. Like a lot of places, Hangzhou and Shanghai have recently  been hitting all time high's in terms of temperature. People hangout in the malls and subway systems all day just to escape the heat. So when the sun finally goes down it really starts to feel like this city has a pulse. I love it!

 This little girl was dying for me to take her picture, it was really cute! But she wouldn't stay still in her poses and after 5 attempts this was the final shot.

 This guy's making 'pao mo.' It's like 'chinese pie bread,' good stuff.

Realized my room doesn't have a smoke detector. Turns out none of the rooms in my 5 story building do. Kind of humorous. More on this later though...

 Chicken feet. No, I haven't gone there yet. Not yet, its too soon.