Morning bike ride

Kristi and I got up early and took a ride around the neighborhood this morning. Here are a couple of pictures of some of the things we saw.

Here is a guy walking around with two sacks of turtles. I think he was selling them and I would guess they are for cooking, not for pets. I tried to get him to stop for a picture but he waved me off so I snapped one after he walked by. The sewer worker in the photo stopped him and appeared to be admiring his wares. I can only imagine what the conversation was like.

"Hey, those are some nice turtles you've got there."

"Thank you for noticing"

"That one right there looks like he'd make a great soup."

"Oh no. That one is young and tender and will make some great kabobs. This old one here will be for soup."

Here is a sign that hangs over the street a couple of blocks from our apartment. You may not be able to read it but it says:

Economize the energy resources,

The realization keeps on the development,

Develop the ecosystem industry,

Improve the ecosystem environment

Perhaps something is lost in translation.

These last pictures are a little distrubing. I wanted to get a picture of the church we are attending over here. When we rode up, we noticed that one of the widows was broken. It's pretty obvious that it is a case of vandalism, which is suprising. From what I've seen, the locals really don't pay any attention to the church. Of course, I'm assuming it was a local but it could have just as well have been a Westerner. It'll be interesting to see if anything is mentioned about it at church tomorrow.