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Beijing Hutong

The old part of Beijing.  We took a touristy "tricycle" to visit a family.  They had these really large and loud crickets in a cage, because they like the sound.  The family lives in a small house consisting of a few buildings around a lovely courtyard.




 The son raises carrier pigeons.

Two big crickets in a bamboo cage.

2 comments:

  1. Ah! So that's who takes those tricycles around the Hutongs!

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  2. There were some clearly single tricycles. But we had a bunch of them from one company. And there were other companies on the backs of some of them. Clearly a tourist thing. We saw a lot of cars in the hutongs. With board against the tires to protect from dogs relieving themselves.

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