I went to Beijing to get a feel of the people and geography, to see if I could see myself living there and I came out with a real desire to make a real life there. A desire so strong, nowhere else feels like home anymore. I started learning how to play a Chinese instrument when I was 20 and learning Mandarin when I was 23. Both of which, I stopped learning within the same year. But I have always had an inescapable desire to learn about China. In my early thirties, I am ready to make this reality happen.
Digital photos of Tai Po new indoor Market. Every area has one and they are pretty similar. They are split into fish stalls, meat stalls and fruit/veg stalls. Due to Avian Flu a few years ago, the live poulty is secluded to a small area. Only up until a few years ago, it was about all you could buy. Locals wouldn't buy chicken killed, washed and cling wrapped in polythene. They would choose a chicken from the cages and the owner would go get it, go to the back, kill, gut and pluck it for you. Upstairs is an open plan food hall with various restaurants (food isn't great though). The fish market is my favourite, a lively place with lots of swimming fish, crab, prawns, frog and eels. Walking around with some friends from Japan in March we saw a 2 ft fish flip off a table onto the floor before the man went for it, put it on the slab and whacked it's head with the butt of his cleaver. Sooner of later, this practice and these places may become a thing of the past too.
Pig's feet
Fresh and various Tofu
Live Prawns
'Dai Jat' crab, at this time of year only
Bloody fish- J
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