I've been a little busy to write longer pieces lately, but I wanted to put a bunch of random stuff up anyway. It's from the past few weeks, our trip to Harbin, around our school. I hope it's like a little bite of information, a little less like a message and more like free association.
An older Chinese woman sits outside in a park, on a stone bench overlooking a lake drenched by weeping willows. She's retired and lives with her son's family.
Twins walking down Chegongzhuang road, stopping to compare the shoes below their identical tights.
A tiger in the Harbin tiger reserve, "wildlife" shot through with van tracks to ferry tourists to and fro. The tigers take up most of the space of the reserve, with small areas for lions and, inexplicably, cheetahs.
A little girl in a panda hat on the way to Xizhimenwai subway station.
Passing the mic at KTV in Harbin, karaoke in one room equipped with comfy couches and monitors, good for any number of people to get drunk and/or sing songs in private.
A meat stall in the evening. November gets dark pretty early.
Manikins legs in the trash dump.
Hannelore waking up on the train to Harbin.
St. Sophia Church, one of the last remaining truly Russian buildings in Harbin. The bottom has been turned into a horrifying tourist trap, but the ceilings were left unrestored and mesmerizing.
A kid in the amusement park at the edge of one of Beijing's gardens.
Walking down Chegongzhuang road.
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