Beijing: first impressions

East Lake E block
East Lake E block
garden view
garden view
A remarkably clear day.
garden view smoggy
garden view smoggy
A more typical day.
East Lake livingroom
East Lake livingroom
cooking with gas
cooking with gas
East Lake bedroom
East Lake bedroom
East Lake bathroom
East Lake bathroom
noodle & bread shop
noodle & bread shop
poultry shop
poultry shop
Apparently if you buy a bird they will kill it for you, but you have to pluck and gut it yourself.. (we are eating mostly vegetables here).
supermarket engrish
supermarket engrish
more engrish
more engrish
East Lake lake
East Lake lake
East Lake path
East Lake path
J does martial arts training on this little platform in the mornings.
East Lake garden
East Lake garden
death crossing
death crossing
We have to cross this to get to the embassy.
2 seconds later
2 seconds later
seed shop
seed shop
The place next door sells oyster mushrooms for less than $1/kg!
street butcher
street butcher
Note the spinning intestine to attract customers. It smells kind of the way it looks.
fruit stall
fruit stall
Beijing from East Lake
Beijing from East Lake
The view from our kitchen.
disabled protest
disabled protest
F came across this while lost one day near Wudaokou (the subway station near his school). They are protesting the lack of disability support.
school people
school people
One of the streets on F's university campus.
wudaokou street
wudaokou street
Taken from the metro station.