Life in the city is extremely crazy. There appear to be no rules regarding traffic...auto, bike, scooter or pedestrian. It is a total free for all. Cars weave their way through the pedestrians in the crosswalk, bikes and scooters don NOT stop for traffic and although there are a LOT of car horns, no yelling or finger gestures. It's just mutual chaos. And I thought the drivers in Puerto Rico were bad!!
We went to supermarket again today. It is such a trip! For anyone who saw the Chinese Wal-Mart phots, I can assure that yes...the meat department is exactly like the pictures. Slabs of meat just laying out, no covers or anything. I told Emily that in the US, the FDA would shut them down NOW. We are buying Anyssa ramen noodles and cooking them in the room. It is not easy to shop here because not a lot of the locals speak English. I told Emily I wanted some spicy Sichuan food and we stopped at a street vendor. We bought 3 sticks of chicken that they deep fry (mmmm...fried) right in front of you. Then they put some spices on and then you "paint" a layer of crushed peppers on it from a large pan. VERY tender and delicious...spicy, but not hot. You just look a little silly walking down the street carrying sticks of meat. Oh...and speaking of meat, I bought 2 little bags of Lay's potato chips...one is "Italian Red Meat Flavor" and one is "Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Flavor". I'll let you know how they taste.
Here's a picture of traffic, some of the scooter parking and, of course, our little ham.
We went to supermarket again today. It is such a trip! For anyone who saw the Chinese Wal-Mart phots, I can assure that yes...the meat department is exactly like the pictures. Slabs of meat just laying out, no covers or anything. I told Emily that in the US, the FDA would shut them down NOW. We are buying Anyssa ramen noodles and cooking them in the room. It is not easy to shop here because not a lot of the locals speak English. I told Emily I wanted some spicy Sichuan food and we stopped at a street vendor. We bought 3 sticks of chicken that they deep fry (mmmm...fried) right in front of you. Then they put some spices on and then you "paint" a layer of crushed peppers on it from a large pan. VERY tender and delicious...spicy, but not hot. You just look a little silly walking down the street carrying sticks of meat. Oh...and speaking of meat, I bought 2 little bags of Lay's potato chips...one is "Italian Red Meat Flavor" and one is "Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Flavor". I'll let you know how they taste.
Here's a picture of traffic, some of the scooter parking and, of course, our little ham.
I love the sound of that ... "OUR little ham." Anyssa is yours now and she sure does look happy!!! She's so blessed to have y'all and y'all are so blessed to have her. My heart is full - yours must be overflowing everywhere!
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