Favourite Photos
Here are my favourite photos from the trip.
This was taken from about halfway up of IFC 2 (International Finance Centre) which is the largest and snazziest tower in Hong Kong. It requires security passes and has a weird set of elevators where some go to certain floors and others go to others and some need passes and some don't and some are like express elevators that only have one button. It was a pain in the ass. I think this is to prevent total collapse if a plane were to fly into it.
This is an old guy and his canary in Bird Alley in Hong Kong. He was funny, I stopped and asked him about the birds and he told me everything and his life story. Including how two of his sons are in jail and the other one is so good that he gives him half his paycheck. This guy was happy and damn talkative.
Here we are on a motorized sampan in Cheung Chau island(in Hong Kong). They guy on the right is my dad, looking either like a gangster, Judge Lance Ito, or David Suzuki (take your pick). The kid on the left is just some random kid but she sure is in awe. I couldn't help but take this picture, the expression on his face is pure gold. I wish I knew what she was thinking.
These are motorcycle cops in the Forbidden City in Beijing. I think the higher ranked guy is the one in the sidecar. That thing can't possibly be safe. Poor suckers don't even get airconditioning.
These are old guys in the park(somewhere in beijing) practicing their chinese caligraphy. They have these massive jury-rigged brushes that use just water. Apparently its very diffucult to use. They write poetry on the concrete. Then they admire each others' writing and discuss the skill, the content and the beauty as it evaporates. Not a trace is left behind.
Hong Kong at night in all of its bustling neon glory.
An impromptu market in a demolished burnt out lot. This was at the begining of the silk road near(in maybe?) X'ian. I looked over the city walls (a major tourist attraction) and there it was.
This is a park for adults. Its full of outdoor excercise equipment like rowing machines, stationary bikes, tread-rollers etc. Who needs a gym membership?
This is actually in an intersection on a busy street. The bus behind has broken down and they are attempting to tow it with another bus and a cable. But the cable keeps snapping at the ends or falling off and they keep on trying to repair it or hook it back on in the middle of the street. Improvision at its best.
Me in the gobi desert.
A goat-cart at the foot of the Flaming Mountains.
Me on a horse. This is just outside of Urumqi. I was returning to my roots, chasing down other people and racing across fields. All I needed was a sword or spear of somesort and I would have been truely home. Yes, those are sheep in the background.
Chillin at the family Hair Salon in Hai San, near my Grandpa's stone village. Not only do they wash your hair but they give you a half hour head massage too. Or just a massage.
So the rest of the photos can be found at
This was taken from about halfway up of IFC 2 (International Finance Centre) which is the largest and snazziest tower in Hong Kong. It requires security passes and has a weird set of elevators where some go to certain floors and others go to others and some need passes and some don't and some are like express elevators that only have one button. It was a pain in the ass. I think this is to prevent total collapse if a plane were to fly into it.
This is an old guy and his canary in Bird Alley in Hong Kong. He was funny, I stopped and asked him about the birds and he told me everything and his life story. Including how two of his sons are in jail and the other one is so good that he gives him half his paycheck. This guy was happy and damn talkative.
Here we are on a motorized sampan in Cheung Chau island(in Hong Kong). They guy on the right is my dad, looking either like a gangster, Judge Lance Ito, or David Suzuki (take your pick). The kid on the left is just some random kid but she sure is in awe. I couldn't help but take this picture, the expression on his face is pure gold. I wish I knew what she was thinking.
These are motorcycle cops in the Forbidden City in Beijing. I think the higher ranked guy is the one in the sidecar. That thing can't possibly be safe. Poor suckers don't even get airconditioning.
These are old guys in the park(somewhere in beijing) practicing their chinese caligraphy. They have these massive jury-rigged brushes that use just water. Apparently its very diffucult to use. They write poetry on the concrete. Then they admire each others' writing and discuss the skill, the content and the beauty as it evaporates. Not a trace is left behind.
Hong Kong at night in all of its bustling neon glory.
An impromptu market in a demolished burnt out lot. This was at the begining of the silk road near(in maybe?) X'ian. I looked over the city walls (a major tourist attraction) and there it was.
This is a park for adults. Its full of outdoor excercise equipment like rowing machines, stationary bikes, tread-rollers etc. Who needs a gym membership?
This is actually in an intersection on a busy street. The bus behind has broken down and they are attempting to tow it with another bus and a cable. But the cable keeps snapping at the ends or falling off and they keep on trying to repair it or hook it back on in the middle of the street. Improvision at its best.
Me in the gobi desert.
A goat-cart at the foot of the Flaming Mountains.
Me on a horse. This is just outside of Urumqi. I was returning to my roots, chasing down other people and racing across fields. All I needed was a sword or spear of somesort and I would have been truely home. Yes, those are sheep in the background.
Chillin at the family Hair Salon in Hai San, near my Grandpa's stone village. Not only do they wash your hair but they give you a half hour head massage too. Or just a massage.
So the rest of the photos can be found at
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