Monday, June 3, 2013

FIrst Trip DONE... China part 1: How I got there and what I saw

So here is the long awaited "my trip to china part one". I know it has been a while, but I've been dealing with a lot which has deterred my wants to post anything.

It all started with the airport at Dalian. Dalian, I suppose, is a major city in China. There really isn't much to say about Dalian except it's pretty ugly. However getting off the plane at Dalian I came to one sudden realization, China is super polluted.

I've heard news reports about the pollution in China but I never really contemplated it. Yes, I do live in a bustling city, but I never experienced a burning sensation in my eyes wherever I walked, I never experienced a constant migrane, and I never experienced not seeing a blue sky.

The beautiful design at Dalian Airport

me before getting a headache for the horrible pollution at China

decoration in our hostel room

our hostel room

our hostel room

our hostel room

our hostel toilet. We had to throw away our toilet paper

our hostel sink

sunrise hostel

sunrise hostel



Beijing

Beijing

As you can see here the sky is white. This is actually not a mistake of the camera shot but a reality of China. They do not have blue skies. What the chinese experience is the blank reminder of the damage they caused to their part of the world.

This reminder happens every. fucking. day.
Beijing

Beijing

Sunrise Hostel




The people I traveled with




statue





























The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Mao



THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME

THE WORST SHOTS OF ME


The weirdest part about China was the copious amounts of people that wanted to take pictures with us. I guess we were the spokespeople for the white community, or we were some strange monster that came out of the lagoon, but we had about several photos taken of us with families.



This is the christmas one



While at the Forbidden City, a large amount of guards came. Everyone thought it was it was for show but THEN THE GUARDS STARTED CHARGING AT US! They were yammering away something in Chinese and basically we ran for our lives.

We survived.




These couple of pictures is more of a warning. I took several photos in this park thinking I took some great action shots only to realize they're all blurry.

You have been warned.











cute old people

cute old people















































cool graffiti 





Beijing at night







Part two will be on food

I'll probably post something in the weekend




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