sign, sign, everywhere a sign...

although china has done a good job of translating signs into english in advance of the upcoming 2008 olympics, sometimes the meaning of the sign can get a bit jumbled in translation and in many cases it's obvious that no one is checking to see if the translations make any sense.

the above sign is at the entrance to the ticket counter of a ferry from shanghai to chongming island. looks like it was translated by machine, but even then it's hard to understand what it's trying to say.

and this sign is over the entrance of the ferry itself. i wonder how much danger it has warded off.

this one dates back from an older trip to ningbo. if you're going to slip, make sure you do it carefully.