Remembering the day

We remember,
there are the solid bits to structure the memory around, then there are parts we think are solid and then the whispy cloudy bits at every single edge, and in all the spaces we did not fill up with details....

Opening up the shop....

Opening up the shop for the evening.

Not sure if this was good or bad...

but they were doing work on the elevator in the hotel...

The upside of pollution

In Australia I would have been blinded while taking this photo....

My Hotel

What it looks like from the outside....

Including the location of the ceiling that collapsed a month or so ago...

Sleepy time....

Quietly snuck up to take a photo of this gentleman catching some Zzzzzzs.
The other customers, and owners of the restaurant were have a great chuckle at it all.

Chaos in quantum

But if you stay granular when you look at the intersection,
it truly is Chaos.

Morning drive

You get to pretend it is pretty at times!
When you get it j...u...s...t right smog makes for pretty sunrises!

Chaos tamed by averaging...

The view from the window in my hotel.
It is a 6 way intersection where the lights seemingly change in specific sequence to cause maximum carnage and confusion.

Luckily everyone who uses the intersection follows all the road rules exactly, so there are never any issues!


I also took some time lapses that worked pretty well...
For how I did it... it involved a camera and some careful use of straps.

Last night's cook....

On a street corner in Miluo.
Weather was nice.
Food was hot...  temperature and spice wise.

Social Documentary

Topic for the Toowoomba Photographic Society this month is social documentary...
no prize for guessing what country I would be drawing my photos from...

Very serious old lady overseeing her shop in Xian

On our way into Avatar Mountain...

Gentleman resting while digging the trenches for the new subway in Changsha

A bit of serious weather

Huge number of police around because there was a Party meeting in Miluo.  I could feel the increased security and safety in my bones!

Motion Sickness

The moon was huge this evening.  Sitting just above the houses and the tree line.
If I watched hard enough, I thought I could see it moving.

Not good.

If you get motion sick from the movement of the planet, there is no where to get off to regain your composure.

Basketball this weekend

Playing around on the weekend in Miluo, Hunan, China.

The rest of the day was spent sleeping, and getting ready for the next 60 hours of work this week...

Miluo BBQ

Sunday afternoon in Miluo..
6th Floor of our hotel looking out over our "village".

Camerageek info if you want it: light fading in the background, small $5 multi LED flashlight pointing down at me held up by my friend with the camera.

Shot in China

Blythe and Russell, shot while shooting in China.
The whole pool hall was stinking hot... people taking turns standing in front of the struggling airconditioner.

I did not see Fast Eddie the pool shark, anywhere!