Ghetto parts of China!

We met these amazing Chinese people who lived in Cali. for thirty years and now have moved back to there home town in China. today they showed us the most amazing place... they called it "The real parts of china" that we don't see in the town that we live in... the place we went to is this 80 year old apartment in the ghetto's of Zhongshan. Here are a few pictures of the apartment we went to see...

This is a picture of the kitchen that they cook in... the Kitchen and the bathroom are not part of the same building as the actually apartment. first cuz they smell so badly and secondly when anyone cooks in the kitchen the whole area is covered in black smoke. they light the stove with cardboard boxes. that is how they cook everything in the ghetto's of china. Or you could say the old fashion way of doing it.

This next picture if the front door to the apartment we went to... if you look at the door it isn't really closed off from the outside you can see in through the bars. at the top of the door the people told us that those are wooden bars to keep people from getting into your house. you can totally see straight everything inside. the part that you see right behind me is a metal gate i guess you would say that part kinda keeps out stray animals and rats and so forth...

seeing these parts of china really humble me and make me appreciate what i have been given here in china and even more the life style i have at home.