Art 798 This is a large art precinct in north eastern Beijing on what used to an old electronics factory site. The area is very large and I had insufficient time to explore it all. There were art galleries, nick nack shops, fashion designer clothing and various art exhibitions. One shop’s entire stock consisted of […]
Stone Village Recently one of the students took me to visit a village constructed from stone. One of my students had been, enthused about it, showed me photos and so I wanted to go. Stone villages are uncommon in my experience and while I had been to Lijang it was a different kind of stone . […]
The Mouog that became a Rabbog This was my introduction to the Bird and Flower Market I visited the Bird and Flower Market yesterday. Bird Market is a misnomer as it sells much more than birds. It was extremely congested with both stock and visitors and seeing the critters and getting decent photos was just […]
The Kindness of Strangers and another Scam I was the only non Chinese speaking foreigner in the 9 seater minivan to Lugu Lake. It was an interminably long trip involving several stops for photos/calls of nature/lunch/tourist opportunities, one of which I wrote about previously. Photo opportunities I understand as I do calls of nature as […]
There were numerous critters in Lijiang and surrounding areas. The ones here are only the more unusual or one representative from a group or location. Domestic I’ve never seen a dog sit like that before. The girls all put their heads down when I appeared with my camera. They were all sitting outside a cafe. This one […]