welcome to china / 11.

Where there's an entire wall of soy sauce options at your local grocery store.

welcome to china / 10.

Where you can buy black sesame seed ice cream at McDonald's.

(For the sake of total honesty, I made T buy the ice cream so I could put it on the blog. He's a good sport. But he liked it!)

welcome to china / 9.

Where a man selling a turtle—to eat or to be a pet—on the side of the road, is not as unusual a sight as it sounds.

welcome to china / 8.

Where you can find chip flavours like these.

P.S. #1-7

welcome to china / 7.

Where you can pay 162 RMB ($32 CAD) for less than a pound of cherries. I'm guessing (hoping) these are imported.

P.S. Welcome to China 1-6.

welcome to china / 6.

Where sights like this are not uncommon.

(Photo by @beijingbri)

P.S. #1-5

welcome to china / 5.

Where boys play soccer with water bottles.

P.S. See #1-4 here.

welcome to china / 4.

Spotted in the washroom at my local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

Where signs like this are not uncommon.

welcome to china / 3.

Where people nap anywhere—in this case, on the side of a road in Chaoyang Park.

welcome to china / 2.

Where anyone can buy beer from a vending machine for approximately $1 CAD. 

P.S. Welcome to China / 1.

welcome to china / 1.

Where you can buy pineapple on the side of the road for 10 RMB (just under $2 CAD).