There are merchants, but this isn't quite Venice!

I'm making pretty good friends with the librarian aid, Ada. She's a local gal and super friendly. We keep going to massages where she teaches me some words in Chinese and I teach her some words in Spanish. She's also very kind to take me on field trips to see things that I didn't know I wanted to see. One of these trips was to this little water town area, made to look old, but still very interesting.

That's Ada and her husband. I think his name is Adam, but she says "Ed-man." Who knows??

That's my head. :o)

Ada says that this area is a bit of a tourist destination for Chinese. I would concur, seeing how many people where in this place. It was knick-knack stores packed together, but mostly it was food stalls. Whoa, that's one thing that is interesting around here: the amount of pungent smells no matter where you go. These food stalls and waterways? No exception. 

A dear friend asked for a photo of me. This is as close as I got. ;)

I told you it was crowded!

Be on the lookout for the Dora the Explorer balloon; 

Ada was worried we'd get separated so she bought a balloon. 

 Remember those smells I told you about? I think these are "preserved eggs."

This lady is making a cookie by plopping batter on a hot spinning contraption.

The super thin wafer (still pliable), is then quickly folded into an easily-bagged square. 

Break up the crunchy wafer for ultimate enjoyment!

Hi Mark!

We weren't adventurous enough to try the boat rides, but maybe next time.

Now if I can only remember what the place was called...

Whoops!