水灾 (Flood)

It is monsooning in Tianjin and Beijing! Last night and this morning it rained and rained and rained ! We didn't venture out of the hotel until finally this afternoon it stopped raining...but everywhere you look it is FLOODED. The street we normally buy food on is about 4 or 5 inches of water, more in some places, and the traffic is terrible, and people are still out and about, still riding their bikes, some walking around with plastic bags around their feet but most just walking around ankle deep in water! It's crazy! I can say I was definitely not prepared for this...it is quite the experience. Anyway when we finally did venture out we wore crappy clothes and old shoes and just went for it...and took long showers afterwards. Here are some of my pictures from the day:

trying to hail a cab

we finally made it to the store!