Crappy account of an insane Chinese New Year moment in Beijing
They look intimidating but they always seem to be smirking
Tiananmen Square, sans tank
Chairman Mao guarding the Forbidden City
Cookie cutter urban family
Lotsa kites
Beijing or Tokyo
Food stalls
Almost got us
We have a match!
Pictures say 1000 characters
The Danish girls, pre medical emergency
Peking Duck feast
My vantage point for much of the week, note panda imprinted cappaccino
Scorpians and whatnot. Yum
Night market food stalls
Adorable brainwashing
Less adorable
Forbidden City
Tower cranes, smog
Pictures!
Adorable
Tuk tuk
I feel sexy in pearls
Cool roofs. Smog
Frozen lake, sliding seat thingys
Wal Mart!
An entire cafe impeccably dedicated to the Peanuts
Having a gay old time with Goldman's cousin
Feast
Rocky. His friend was named Spike. I love the gays.
CCTV building. Structural engineering boner
A burning bush
Olympic complex
Birdsnest
Structural engineering nightmare
Recognize this?
Count the tour group flags
Obligatory timer shot
Summer Palace
They wanted a picture with whitey
Those Chinese rule breakers
Frozen bliss
The great march
Mmm, blackcock
Great Wall!
Restored part
Unrestored part
Very unrestored
My walking buds
Zipline!
Cativating eyes
Buffet of philosphy
My date with an Angel
Terracotta Terry
Terracotta Warriors
Archealogical site
Headless version
Unrestored version
Footsoldier
The Reeboks with the straps
Their dos
Showing the paint
General
Horse dude
Showing how they were painted
Food!
Xian
Staying warm
Don't have a clue
Hot pot checkboxes
Creating a scene
Food Pictionary
A fish in the pot
Spicy
Steamy
Sweaty
Cleaning chopsticks
A panda!
Not a panda
Debatable
Little guy
Cuddly
Chompin
Hells yeah mo fo
Red pandas
Loungin
Stalkin
What?
Enhanced bamboo
Lijiang, in Southern China (Yunnan Province)
I love Chinese roofs
The canals and pedestrian walkways of Lijiang
Contrasting cultures
And the characters
Mama Naxi's Hostel
Jade Mountain
Kristen and I
Kristen's epic faceplant
Bike ride vista
Getting authentic and shit
More dominos than teeth
Wall posts, pre Facebook
They lady kept her eye on us
You can understand why
Buying sunflower seeds
Throwing bricks
Chillin with granny
BA (bad ass)
traffic jam
Scratch and sniff
Spice up your life
Ducks in a row
Crispy lizards
The first of many street pineapples
Kristen, Danielle, and I
A Chinese slide guitar type thing
Nap in the park
A Naxi hunter
I have found two unexpected loves on this trip: flags and children (not like that)
Not ergonomic but photogenic
Hay!
Day 1 of the Tiger Leaping Gorge
Rest #273
Rice Paddies
Scarecrow
Lunch vista
Didn't inhale
Did inhale
Mr. Peabody. Solo hiker wearing sweater vest and wingtips
Where we slept
Sun setting
Moon rising
Free bijou!
Peanut Pipe
My favorite Korean (besides Denny)
Sun rising
Coffee
Peeing
Simba
Getting spiritual
Bonzi on a cliff
Wild donkey
The team
Gorgeous
Less gorgeous
Bamboo
In the gorge!
Bridges across rocks
Rapids
Where the Tiger supposedly leaped from.
Zen
The hike out
Looking back
Handrails are for babies
Not a green screen
Seriously, not a green screen
Done!
Awesome
Eggplant
Sweet old dude
Sweet young dude
Airing out the pits
Eat your vegetables
Geriatric gyrating
For godsake, how many times do I have to tell you
Bilingual plants, impressive
Before
After
Mama Naxi, pre murder
Future (and sassier) Mama Naxi
Kunming, awaiting Vietnam
Another nice city
Sad goodbye to a lovely Floridian
