More pics from the weird and wonderful world of Shanghai

I'm feeling a bit lazy this week and I don't really have much new to write about - except for the fact that I bit the bullet and took a public bus the other day. It was raining, I was tired, there were no taxis...so I figured what the hell? It wasn't as bad as I thought. The funniest thing was that the stops were announced in both english and chinese (a recording- believe me that the drivers don't speak english). I thought this was hilarious considering that I have never seen a foreigner ride the bus in China- I honestly think maybe I was the first one! But it only cost about 17 cents so I may do it more often.

Anyway, enjoy the pics (I threw in a couple recent ones of the kids at the end for good measure):

Migrant workers shaving and bathing out on the street at night. Since they live in the buildings they are constructing, they don't have anywhere else to clean up (they weren't happy we took this picture either).

For those of you who didn't believe me about the locals picking through raw chicken at Carrefour

with their bare hands...

A typical apartment building with laundry hung to dry- almost no one has a dryer here.

Audrey playing with Great Grandmom's handkerchief.

Grace flying a kite on the Jersey shore. If you could capture sheer joy on camera, I think it would look like this.