Travel Photography > Photos tagged as shopping
The bamboo is first chopped up into small pieces and then cooked for several hours
Here's the bamboo waiting for step number one
We taken to the bamboo paper factory
Buying the correct paper for the job - Chinese watercolor
Tom checks the difference in texture of bamboo paper
The story of how bamboo paper is made by hand - every sheet
Bamboo paper store in a small town not far from Jia Jiang
Wuhan Walmart checkout
Sesame paste (zhimajiang), a local favorite, being ground fresh at the Walmart in Wuhan
live sea- (and other-) food at Walmart
A chinese version of fast-food for sale at Walmart: prepped meals, just take them home and throw them in your wok! They even include little pre-measured packets of seasonings.
fresh squid at the Carrefour
Durians (the "King of Fruit") for sale at Carrefour. I'd agree it's the King of Stench, anyway.
an interesting "hairless" coconut for sale at the Carrefour
novelty western foods at carrefour: cereal!
The 22 entrances and 4,500 stalls in this covered marketplace make for a chaotic bargain-hunters' dream! It's great fun to tease stall holders by bartering and offering less than a third of their first offer, and arguing over the price with comments like 'but I have seven children at home, I can't afford that price!'. Very entertaining!
This is the busiest shopping district in London! No matter what side of the path you walk on, you need to be prepared to muscle your way through the crowds - people just walk wherever they want to...
Siem Reap Angkor Trade Center
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