I saw this pair cruising down the street and fumbled to fire my camera quick enough to capture these joyous two. Think this was the happiest scene I saw all day.

This young guy was walking near the busy shopping district of Chengdu. Notice his pants -- one other very popular thing in Chengdu was embroidered denim, particularly pants. Almost every girl had sequins or embroidery on her clothes. People there seemed to put much care into what they wore. It was definitely not singlet-and-shorts Singapore.

I half-sprinted a block trying to catch up with this scene. That caught the attention of this little girl, who glared at me for another block as I fired off some photographs.

Very typical Chinese bike. One interesting feature is that many bikes there have a rear drum brake, instead of caliper brakes. Don't know if there is any advantage, perhaps works better in the rain. I surely know the difference, though. They are loud, sqeauling, shrieking horrors. Sound almost as bad as the buses' brakes.

Not just little girls ride on their mom's bicycles. (Note the flip-down, rear-mounted kickstand.)