Jul
08
2010
2

Photo: Coolies in the Heat

The only bridge in Maotai (茅台鎮) crossing the Chishui River (赤水河) was closed to vehicles for repair, so anything needing to be transported had to be done by hand. And I used to wonder why there were so many hunchbacked elderly in this country.

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Jul
06
2010
0

Photo: Hard Day’s Work

A Bouyei (布依族) man in a long line of other Bouyei men and women hauls watermelons from the river to the road above. Many of these porters were in sandles, busted shoes, or barefoot. The watermelons sell for 2 yuan ($0.29) per kilogram in Guiyang.

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Jul
05
2010
0

Photo: Watermelon Porter

A Bouyei (布依族) man pauses from his work hauling watermelons from the boats to the road above.

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