as long as i’m waiting for my laundry is in the dryer, i might as well post this post ;) … here we go:
As I had to leave North Korea prematurely a year ago, i had some time to enjoy awesome Beijing, in deep dry Mongolian winter. Sandy and smoggy dry cold air, blown in from the north and biting -20°C (-4°F), but it was all worth it. Go early enough and every main site is swept clear and you can really take great photos, as if you’ve catapulted back 20 years, where not that many cared or rather were let to the site I would be visiting know. Let’s take the Forbidden City for example. Today, it’s crowded with tourists. Back then, I played as a two year old on vast deserted grounds in the Forbidden City. Today, you get that in winter and only, if you come early and shoot photos from just the right angles…
Well actually this picture was taken in summer, as you can see. I couldn’t find the folder with the pictures. It’s burried somewhere in the NK pictures. But here are some more pictures i found worth taking… for example of people taking pictures of each other in front of monuments… It was much more interesting and uplifting than any monument. It was just funny to watch :)
…more to come. directly from Beijing… i’ll be posting into the dark, so bear with me, if I don’t approve comments right away.
