Construction

For a boy - especially one who is so into trucks, diggers and cranes - we are currently living in paradise. Either side of our complex are two large plots of land slated to have apartment complex towers built on them. Until now they have been dormant, with only the fencing advertisement of what the complex will look like being changed. Now however, we run the gauntlet of construction whenever we leave our complex.However cute most Chinese find him when we are out and about, the security contingent on this worksite do not find it amusing to have foreigners standing around gawking at the activity (today there was an all-but-naked man jumping into deep, muddy pits to do goodness knows what (he was wearing underwear).)
Typical attire for the construction site - although to be fair I have seen almost all workers wearing hats - here's one made out of bamboo.
Shoes are usually canvas sneakers or slides of some description (I've seen men using jackhammers wearing only thongs/flipflops but have yet to get a photo of this). Most of the workers live in a shed constructed on-site and are more than likely migrant workers (my Chinese is insufficient to chat) earning around 1600 RMB (US$234) per month. Some workers seem to come from the city here and make their way to and from work on the bus -- with their tools.

Workers on the site are not exclusively male and entire families stay in the sheds with one person designated "child minder" for the day. They are fascinated by Sebastien and I was sad when one group of women with children offered him a banana from the bunch they had just bought from the market down the street. They have so little and yet wanted to offer him something.