Posts Tagged With: kaifeng
The Moral Dilemma of Rickshaws
I have never been comfortable with rickshaws. To me, they smack of imperialism and all I can think of is a wealthy British couple wheeling about 1800’s Hong Kong, in a rickshaw run by a chinaman wearing blue work clothes and a queue hairstyle. You know, from an old kung-fu movie or something. But rickshaw &hellip Continue reading
Kaifeng’s Night Market
Kaifeng has some ancient buildings, historical pagoada’s and astounding sculptures but that the people really come for is the night market. Held in the middle of the city every night the night market is overflowing with skewers of meat, pounded peanut cakes, breads cooked in small charcoal ovens and lots and lots of unidentifiable stuff. &hellip Continue reading
Kaifeng: Jason the Rickshaw Driver
In Kaifeng, one of the 7 ancient cities located in Henan Province, our very sketchy hotel offered free breakfast. Much to our disappointment breakfast consisted of a basket of cold, hardening mantou (steamed bread), over boiled eggs and a salad bar with tiny scraps of pickled vegetables. I might have been able to choke down &hellip Continue reading
