I went looking for some decent shirts for work.   I should have bought them when I had the chance at Luoho the week before, but I was more interested in observing the whole bargaining process rather than participating in it.   Michael was kind enough to accompany me to Huaqiang Bei, but it turned out to be more for electronics than clothing.   Well, there’s plenty of clothing, but nothing that I was looking for.   Anyway, the point of this story is that this was the place that met my expectations of crowded China.   Oh man, the market was jammed shoulder to shoulder with people.   Check out the video here:   Huaqiang Bei.   Even more impressive was the electronics market, which is what the place is famous for.   It’s a wild bazzar where any electronic item you can dream of, or build, can be bought.   People can actually assemble electronics on the spot.   Want a custom mouse?   They’ll build it right there.   This was a feast for my eyes and ears.   I gave up after an hour looking for shirts to buy.

More neat buildings are under construction here.   This one, as all the others, are encased in bamboo scaffolding.   There’s a more durable frame of iron around the bamboo, but it’s still bamboo.   Check out this picture.   The dark scaffolding is the metal.   Oh yeah, look at the huge crane waaay up at the top:

Here’s a shot of the busy street.   Note the woman in the foreground.   She’s selling copies of Windows Vista.