Pic o' the Day #37

This is in between the nicest department store in town, 百盛 (Bai Sheng), or Parkson's, if you read the English sign, and 人民公园 (renmin gongyuan), the People's Park.

This fellow is buying insoles for his shoes. You can almost always find ladies selling these in town. If they aren't busy selling them, they are busy sewing them.

I have been wearing the same shoes that I brought with me in the summer of 2004, so I don't know about the shoes here, but I've been told that the insoles are the way to go. I'm not sure what they go for, but I cannot imagine that they cost more than 50 cents. My guess is about a quarter.


Here's a map of my fair city. I live on the right side, just north of that big green area. That green area is 富乐山 (Fule Shan)--I'll show that to you later. The People's Park is that green trapezoid, dead center. It takes about an hour to walk to the park. The new campus is not even on the map. It's way left.

p.s. I missed a day. It was driving me a bit batty carrying the camera all the time, looking for a shot. There are a few more pictures from my month of framing and snapping. After that, I'll post some of the pictures from before this project and the new ones I've taken since.