March 12, 2007
Vehicle
In my lagged stupor, I just erased a whole entry --- GRRRR..r...r
This is an example of one of the many creatively adapted vehicles that can be found on highways (yikes) all over the Yunnan countryside. It was undoubtedly used to transport family, produce and/or product to the Bai market in Shaping, just outside of Dali. Note the colorful ornamentation inside and out. A similar canopy is often dropped atop a tractor (otherwise useless in the tiered fields) or a bicycle. I probably have pictures of both, but am too cross-eyed at the moment to find them in the vast cyberheap.
Photo note: As above
Posted by Dakota at March 12, 2007 04:54 PM