Buses and bike lanes

I like the streets in China- footpaths, bike lanes, lots of buses and 2USD taxis.

Hot Pot

Mmm..sesame paste

Sunny morning in small northern Chines town

A little smoggy

Beijing is BIG

The friend I visited lives in one of these- I think they are 16 stories high! Designed so everyone has lots of natural light inside. Seem to be in groups with a nice gardeny area in the middle. Greenery and natural light, not so common in Cambodian city housing.

I was in a city in north China for about ten days, it was so huge, a town of about 3 million people. I thought it was funny that my friend refers to this town as small, but when I visited her in Beijing I couldn't get over how big everything is.

Me in front of the Birds nest

Some of the many many apartment blocks. I think this is the outskirts of the city.

So many huge buildings and so many people.

I arrived on 10/10/10, we saw quite a few weddings happening as it was a lucky day. The China Daily said that 11,230 couples were registered to get married in Beijing on that day.

Typical view from city apartment in Nth China

Modern China? McDonald's, Pizza Hut and KFC in one convenient location.

China photo 3

The streets were very clean, lots of rubbish bins around. And people seem to use the bins.

2 weeks, no blogging? why?

See the tall  buildings in the distance? If only that white stuff in the air was fog.

Blue flower from the west and poor man's duck