Thursday, June 26, 2008

finally the photos are up

these are some of the choice photos from our trip up north in china. they are all out of order cause they were shot on 3 different cameras, so just read the captions n stuff. enjoy!

and so our journey begins, 18 hours to huangshan, luckily we got bottom bunks
good morning huangshan!
these guys have to carry these gnarly loads up tons of stairs all day. craziest calves ever!

climbing to my roost
perfect spot to attempt to sketch hah

finding our way on top of lotus peak
gotta stretch out!
moganshan art district....meh
on my mission at tianamen square
kicking it with Yu Ji

epic much?
stair to lotus summit, the tallest in huangshan


our buddies at the hotel
climbing up the western stairs, we walked down to the lowest part of the canyon and back up the other side....so many stairs
no sunrise =(

quintessential huangshan
gnarly crosswalk on nanjing road
bund photo #74563450834527852348752 ever taken


yay tourism trap!
awesome dumpling thingys for 3 yuan around the corner from our hostel
speaks for itself

PuDong district
suzhou canals
fishing suzhou style
the real suzhou
canals at night just before our delightful encounter with Ross and Bob

crouching tiger hidden dragon
1000! year old pagoda, china's leaning tower of pisa
this photo is vertically lined up, this thing is leaning like crazy


oh mike and his naps
tre bombs, not A-bombs
hutong district where our hostel was located, cool street

oh the pollution in beijing, you cant even see a mile away
this old dude was so stoked
shredding the gnar

this looked so unsanitary yet so awesome at the same time
all the tours stopping to get a photo of the stadium, this is as close as you can get
the photo op
summer palace
our far to short yet exhilarating section of our boat ride to the summer palace

factory 798 photo gallery, so many amazing photos.
and old weapons factory from the culture revolution turned modern art district


nike's exhibit: 100 victories over drag
chair made of rice!
the last original culture revolution propaganda painting in 798
mike and his ufo toy as we killed time in Tunxi
asian girls at the central academy
these are the kids who bombarded us with question at the huangshan railway station, the one on the right was the ring leader
and then one of them got the bright idea to ask us for autographs and every kid in the station wanted one
our rockstar moment. definetly made both of our days
dillon and oswald the scavenged mannequin

rob and the now dressed oswald ready to party
tsing tao, the official drink of backpacker in hostels all over china

ghetto ride in a motorized trike through back alley and construction sites from the hostel to the suzhou railway station
stereo setup while waiting for our train in shanghai
ughhhh

kungfu tea!
oswald strikes again in beijing with his owner tiago
everyone was dressed in suits and at least a button up shirt and what was mike wearing

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