This is my favourite type of travelling pictures - they are so much more interesting to look at than the standard postcard-like views of famous places. I wrote a similar post after my trip to London: http://weilami.livejournal.com/8149.html
The guy on pic.8 reminded me one of my Colombian friends. He is a professional opera singer, but at the moment he is mainly singing in a mariachi band - I'm not sure whether it's because he didn't get very lucky with his opera career or he just likes it more. Anyway, this guy probably plays in bars and restaurants hoping that one day a famous producer will notice him and invite to a TV-show. His girlfriend supports him, but secretly hopes that one day he will give up and get a 'normal job'.
As for the couple on pic.11: they are Chinese, came to the USA for a honeymoon. They are quite wealthy, probably have an apartment in Shanghai, reasonably educated (otherwise they'd be travelling in a group). It's not their first time in the country, they have some American friends and are kinda proud of it. 5 seconds after this pic was taken, the guy posted it on his Wechat (something in between WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram, but for China) and got about 20 'likes'.
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Date: 2016-04-13 08:18 am (UTC)The guy on pic.8 reminded me one of my Colombian friends. He is a professional opera singer, but at the moment he is mainly singing in a mariachi band - I'm not sure whether it's because he didn't get very lucky with his opera career or he just likes it more. Anyway, this guy probably plays in bars and restaurants hoping that one day a famous producer will notice him and invite to a TV-show. His girlfriend supports him, but secretly hopes that one day he will give up and get a 'normal job'.
As for the couple on pic.11: they are Chinese, came to the USA for a honeymoon. They are quite wealthy, probably have an apartment in Shanghai, reasonably educated (otherwise they'd be travelling in a group). It's not their first time in the country, they have some American friends and are kinda proud of it. 5 seconds after this pic was taken, the guy posted it on his Wechat (something in between WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram, but for China) and got about 20 'likes'.