China Day Eleven - Stanley, Part One

The taxi dropped us off at the edge of the STANLEY MARKETS - a maze of alleyways filled with gaudy souvenir shops, street vendors, fruit and vegetable stands, little restaurants - you name it, it's here. We explored and bought trinkets for our family and friends back home, and then wound our way to the waterfront:







We saw this twee mural celebrating all forms of telecommunication:























We found a row of little bungalows by a little stretch of sandy beach:









From the beach, we found our way back to the market. You could even get reproductions of the famous TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS there if you had the cash and the gumption:





Missy found this gift shop tended by a couple of fluffy and friendly PEKINGESE DOGS:































On our way to the pier, we saw this couple taking wedding photos: