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I am convinced that this week is National Geographic week in the My City Photo section. Outstanding work, man! Makes me want to get up and travel (of which, fortunately, I will be doing in due time!).
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You are a photojournalist.
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I didn't see this coming. Wow. You documented this fortunate experience beautifully.
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jesus. that was incredible. never mind what i said in your last thread -- THIS killed it. excellent series.
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Well, you cant really compare little Rock to Qingdao and Beijing lol |
Drooling man, I don't know where to start.
This http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...rdboy1/c12.jpg or this http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...rdboy1/c63.jpg I started to try and pick my favorites but gave up half way through. You are doing a service to humanity. Please post more. |
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Apparently I was supposed to pay to get into that tunnel system since I saw tour groups walking around in it. But I was randomly walking through some Hutongs that were getting torn down and came across a tunnel entrance, thought Id peak into and walked a few steps down and found this. I walked around in it for about 20 minutes, got pretty spooked after I flashed a picture into a dark tunnel and saw someone standing in the corner. I then saw some tour groups walking ahead of me and thought I should get the f outta there before I ended up getting in trouble. I later realized that what I saw standing in the corner of that dark tunnel was a freakin dummy, scared the crap out of me. |
Ridiculous. What the hell is there to say? You're a freakin god when you have a camera in your hand.
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god I have got to get there to visit. Excellent pictures
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Really outstanding work. For what its worth, I lived in China for a total of two and a half years (hardly qualifying me as a true sinophile), and this thread felt totally authentic to me. I truly enjoyed it.
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Where in China? Shanghai Im guessing? I really want to end up working there since America is pretty well screwed due to all our debt so Im thinking getting a geology job in China will be much more stable, plus I freakin loved China when I was there. Surprisingly, Beijing had tons and tons of incredibly hot, smart, and beautiful European girls there. I spent one night just chilling with some prodigiously hot Brazilian girls in their apartment on the 23rd floor, left with my drunk friend and we went and watched the Tiananmen Square flag raising. Freakin awesome. |
I am floored. What an awesome collection of photos and commentary!
These photos show exactly what I saw when I was in China. Photolitherland, we want to see more! |
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Also, I agree with your observation about the wonderful quality of expat women in Beijing. The beautiful thing is that so many of the foreigner men are busy chasing Chinese girls (which I admit I indulged in too) that it leaves a lot of amazing foreigner women far more available than they would otherwise be (at least for a man of decidedly average appearance, intelligence and wealth like me). Anyway, I worked for Beijing Television when I lived there about ten years ago. I've been back a couple of times since then and still have a couple of contacts there, so if you were interested in working there PM me and I am happy to see what I can do. |
Really great pictures, photolitherland. A very honest portrait of a country stuck in fifth gear.
Reesonov, ah, the great BJ vs. SH debate amongst expats. It's amazing how heated it can get. Of course, I'm a Shanghai fan myself. While not the cultural hub that Beijing is, the Shanghainese are far less nationalist and patriotic. They worship the dollar for better or for worse. |
Awesome thread! Let's see more threads of far away places :)
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Big ups, mang!
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Excellent work here.
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wow, Im floored
this is amazing, http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...dboy1/c120.jpg btw if there's any consolation, alot of the old hutongs south of Tiananmen were rebuilt as the restoration of the old Chinese city during the Qing Dynasty. They still tore them down, but its slightly better they replaced them with ornate buildings rather than the usual highrise+shopping+8lane highway crap. |
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Do you know if they have preserved or set aside any of the Hutongs south of Tiananmen Square to ensure their protection from greedy developers and a government that doesnt care about its history? I know about 25 Hutongs around The Forbidden City and Drum and Bell Towers has been set aside but I dont know how well they are protected. |
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