• Fall 2025 : China
    Rickshaws are not spacious transport. :)
    The license plates on the rear of each rickshaw were interesting.Walking around the hutongs of the area.Entrance to a compound.Entering our host's home.Looking to the left just before entering our host's home.The living room: this used to be 2 rooms until our host removed the middle wall. Not very spacious.Electric boxes for the surrounding homes. Not really up to 'code'. :)The outside of our host's home.A couple strolls down a hutong.Wandering around Shichahai neighborhood. Still very crowded due to the holiday.Map of ShichahaiWith volume: this was a funny form of promotion.

    Hutong Tour

    October 12, 2025 in China ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Hutongs are lanes no wider than 9 meters formed by lines of siheyuan (compounds comprised of rooms around a courtyard) that connect the ancient city surrounding the Forbidden City. As is tradition, the houses of Old Beijing were constructed in this form on the basis if Fengshui: the ancient Chinese practice of design & spatial arranging.
    We traveled through this area on a rickshaw & visited with a local family who allowed us into their home.    Read more