Old and New

I looked out of the Hotel window in Xiamen this morning to a very grey day and noted how the older buildings are being slowly taken over by new high rises. Everywhere we drove in Quanzhou high rise apartment blocks are popping up and the older two storey apartments are being demolished. I would have to say many of the older apartments look well past their use by dates; plaster is peeling off the exterior walls and they have seen better days.
The new apartments are bigger, approx 800 to 1000 square feet and up to 30 storeys high.

This photo was taken from my hotel window, the quality is not that overly good due to it being a grey day with lots of smog!

Following on from the last post, here is another example of recycling.

Following these trucks can be a bit scary! The load is only held on by a few lengths of rope and you hold your breath that it will make it under the over bridges. Following it looks like they get under the bridges with inches to spare!

Construction in China

While the world's tallest buildings are under construction in Shanghai and sky scrapers are popping up in all cities thoughout China, check out how a brick wall should really be built!





Who said that bricks had to be flat, alternatively stacked and cemented for strength?

GOLDEN RULE 'PLASTER COVERS EVERYTHING!'

Earth moving throughout the world uses trucks of varying sizes.



The first two images are of the main stay truck in every village throughout China. They look like a rotary hoe (without the hoe). Their single cylinder engine chugs along at just over jogging pace towing trailers with massive amounts of building materials from bricks to dirt.

The other little truck is another example of the style of trucks working in the villages. Again its single cylinder engine chugs away, however these ones go a little bit faster than jogging pace.




It is amazing how much they can load on the back!

Adds new meaning to the words 'big wheels keep on rolling!'