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Some time ago I posted a picture of a Chongqingese porter carrying his load. In the post I also mentioned how the armies of these porters gather at street corners, waiting for a chance to pick up their bamboo pole and and the bit of rope.

But a picture speaks more than a thousand words, eh? So here's a shot I took this morning, on my way to the market for some fruit shopping. So if you need a hand with those groceries, you know where to go now.

Besides the army of the porters, the second largest troops belong to the army of shoeshiners. I reckon their trade must be going down a little now with the arrival of this flip-flop weather, but still, the otherwise oh-so-rough looking Chinese men (brown teeth, BADLY fitting pseudo-western suits, with trousers rolled up to their knees, sometimes instead wearing the shirt they will just carry it around in their hand while cooling themselves down...) will always make sure that their shoes are well polished. And these people at the corner just next to the porters are ready to attack your best shoes with an old tooth brush!