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Just had some pictures forwarded to me taken during the May Day holiday, the crowds are beyond description but here are a few photos that give you a little insight into why it's better to leave China if you can rather than stick around and deal with all the mass migrations here & there... More pics here
April 06 Nice Sunny Sunday....
It's rare to see the subway so empty - so here's what a nice empty subway car looks like. Usually all I see is a field of black hair for the entire length of it.....
Some pics from HK on Saturday
Paul from Germany sent me some funny pics he took while in Shenzhen, I'll be updating the China Driving Exam soon, stay tuned
Came across some skateboarders in SZ, not a common thing to see here just yet, nice to see teenagers in this part of the world looking for ways to unnecessarily hurt themselves just like I did in the USA when I was their age :)
Pic of our daughter by the obviously big picture of Deng Xiao Peng in Shenzhen
Super Crowded Walmart - you shoulda seen how big the Frogs were in the meat department! I'm telling you, they were HUGE!
Back to Beijing to see some old friends....had a great time there, a little cold but Spring is in the air.... When you're going to visit the Great Wall, only go to Mu Tian Yu - NEVER GO TO Badaling pass unless you love crowds and sales people
Speaking of Crowds, it's unlikely I'll ever go back to the Forbidden City it was absolutely packed when we were there...but you should try to go if you haven't been there but go as early as possible....
Came across a pretty interesting article on Shenzhen On the factory floor: Inside China's engine roomPresident Hu's meeting with George Bush takes place against the background of the country's relentless growth. Clifford Coonan reports from Shenzhen on an economic miracle MORESome more pics of Hua Qiang Bei Lu area on a Sunday
March 06
So......in case you're wondering where all the knock offs, grey market, and "off the truck" stuff is sold - look no further.this place is called the "Traders Market" and if you're averse to crowds and the smell of perspiration, this ain't the place for you. But, if you're looking for North Face knock offs and other name brand stuff, some legit, most not, this is the place for you...Think of Ross Dress for Less in Hell and you're pretty close.
< Dangerous Goo, I wouldn't have guessed otherwise.
So....yesterday was one of those days where the monotony of suburbia back home starts to sound really appealing. It finally happened to me, didn't pay attention to my relatively new cool digital camera...gone in sixty seconds, poof! I'm more ticked about losing the gig sandisk card and lots of pictures I hadn't uploaded than the camera itself. Anyway, just a reminder, don't let your guard down, this isn't Disney land. If that wasn't enough, we found ourselves in the emergency room of the Beijing Peace Hospital later that night so my wife could get some stitches in her foot - I could write a few paragraphs on this but suffice to say it was a big reminder that if you get seriously hurt in China, you're on your own. Look both ways when crossing the street. I need to get another camera so don't count on anymore pics for awhile. If anyone has a recommendation on a point & shoot digi with excellent low light resolution, please let me know.
These flat panel TV's blasting(!!!) Ads are becoming ubiquitous and really annoying....in our little supermarket there are 15 of em (15!) as well as one by our elevator...sign of things to come I fear.
Nice pagoda not so far from our house...never been to the top, way too many stairs!
Really bored the other night, was surfing for the worst weather in the world...
No wonder these guys aren't happy campers, what the heck is "Smoke" in a forecast?
Another night in Shekou in an area called Seaworld, essentially lots of restaurants & pubs surrounding a big landlocked shipped which has been converted into a hotel, German Restaurant, and Microbrewery.
Mark was in town.....I know the picture isn't too clear face wise, mental note - turn flash on, but for whatever reason, I like the way it came out...
So, I remember being told a long time ago that the (Construction) Crane was the national Bird of Singapore, well, it looks like those birds have migrated north to China now. From our back window, we can count 10 cranes dotting the skyline, they seem to be just about everywhere.
Someone just sent me some more driving pictures to add to the CHINA DRIVER'S EXAM portion of this website. Wet roads, minibus with worn out breaks, bicyclist with a cell phone....bad ju ju
Snapped this on the way home from work on the side of the highway....Ducks tied to the front of the Bike-ped were definitely not happy campers!
In case you've been wondering what the SZ subway looks like...US $.50 cross town
February 06
Sunday lunch & a stroll through the park....here's something you don't see often - a person writing Chinese calligraphy on the sidewalk with water - pretty interesting to watch - note the genius who decided to trample through it.
Hua Qiang Bei Lu (Lots of shopping - clothes, computer, consumer electronics)
Our buddy Mike (pictured here) was in town and we just happened to take him to the most crowded place in Shenzhen - an area called Hua Qiang Bei Lu where crossing the street and getting around is always an adventure.
Surprisingly, Valentines day is incredibly (!!!) popular in China. Most restaurants were grossly overbooked and there were a lot of unhappy couples trying to find a fancy place to eat. We settled for the Hong Kong duck place :)
Jesse Warren was kind enough to let me use one of his pictures of the Shenzhen Skyline for a banner on this Link Page. Thanks!
Macau & Shanghai.....my in-laws were in town doing a little sightseeing
Now, this
might or might not be interesting to you, apparently, "Cricket
Fighting" was big in Macau until the early 1980's but not so popular
now, go figure....anyway, here are some pictures from a museum exhibit,
unfortunately, my photographic skills leave a lot to be desired....but
you'll figure it out I'm sure.
1) Get two Big Crickets
10W-40 River
No, the river pictured above isn't in New Jersey! So, in just one day the "canal" near our office went from puke green to pitch black, pretty scary, I'm pretty certain that it's more likely that life will be found on Mars than in the canal pictured here. All part of being an eyewitness to the Industrial Revolution in progress here....
January 06 So, my daughter has passed through another "Rite of Passage," her first Tuk Tuk ride in Bangkok. What's with these guys anymore, they insist on charging more than a normal taxi and I always cave....anyway, we can check this off the To Do list....more on Bangkok here...
We rendezvoused with my old buddy Don Johnson who's now working in Bangkok, small world huh....?
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Apocalypse Now? The air was looking pretty grim for the last
month or so but we finally got a few showers and we can see a cloud or two
where I work, how long that'll last is anyone's guess.....
Happy
Valentines Day!
So.....we
decided to avoid the Chinese New Year mayhem and get a little R&R on a nice
little island in Thailand named Koh Chang, if you're looking for a place
with nothing going on other than watching beautiful sunsets, this is the
place for you.....more on this 
