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"Nimen Hao" is an informal greeting along the lines of "Hey friends" or whatnot (more literally, "You guys good?")
OK, just to illustrate a few: (please excuse the little ads or whatnots on the bottom of the page
A scene from the first day we were in Beijing. It was snowing, uncharacteristically. This is a square right near our dorm in BNU.
Sarah and Mike. At first, it was slightly difficult to find things in the city. So, we often spent some time on our journeys looking up words to try to help us find places. It worked sometimes.
Since we spent a lot of time in the city, it was nice to see a bit of nature. It's one of the things i missed more while in China.
At the Temple of Heaven- There were many Chinese people there just hanging out and playing cards and such.
Another shot from the Temple of Heaven.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Some shots from the Great Wall
One of my favorite shots from China. This is a child who stayed with her parents pretty much all day as they ran a magazine stand at the East Gate of BNU. I like how completely open her expression is, and (as mike pointed out) how it contrasts with the very energetic expression on the child in the magazine to the right.
A scene from the walk to the subway station.
A monument at Tianenmen Square. Note the presence of Mao's head instead of a flag.
Tianenmen Square is a large site for Chinese tourism in addition to foriegn tourism. I'm not quite sure what it is that girl is supposed to be wearing, but the other one sure looks jealous.
Val, Joe, Liz, and Ish. This picture is notable mostly because the stone lion looks like its about to eat Liz.
Taken at a market in Tianjin, the port city of Beijing. The "ancient culture stree" (basically a tourist trap) was shopped more heavily by Chinese rather than foreigners- perhaps a sign of China's re-emergent interest in its past.
Shots of skyscrapers going up around Tianjin.
Mike got a seal carved with his Chinese name on it.
OK, I'll put up some more later
-Tom
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