The Cricket Fighter

Back in the van with our hero Mr. Ma, who won a long and animated argument with a traffic cop that wanted to ticket him for waiting too long for us in a no stopping zone.  LOL. 

For there, we headed for lunch.

To Duck de Chine, where Mrs. SFO777 and I had a great lunch 3 years ago.

A few starters before our duck.  The lemon chicken was to die for.

Oh yeah!

After lunch, we headed to the Hutong district to walk off lunch...

... and our next stop where Michael had promised a surprise.

And so we met Mr. Liu, a champion cricket trainer.  Seriously??  Yep.  Apparently cricket fighting is a popular now discouraged "sport".  It features fight to the death cricket matches with wagering.   The sport and betting are not really permitted anymore, so all the matches tend to be in undisclosed clandestine locations.    My. Liu was quite a character and had lots of interested stories to tell.

A couple of cricket coffins...

His champion cricket, aka Mike Tyson.  LOL.

Next up was his collection of pet grasshoppers.

And naturally, grasshopper coffins for the dearly departed ones.

After our visit with Mr. Liu, a stop for coffee at a nearby coffee house.

And then strolling the local area.

For a rickshaw ride thru the hutongs.