ESU in Beijing -- 2004
Pictures from around Beijing. Most are street scenes taken during morning walks near Beijing Union University before breakfast at 07:50. Some were taken during shopping trips around town.
ESU in Beijing -- 2004Pictures from around Beijing. Most are street scenes taken during morning walks near Beijing Union University before breakfast at 07:50. Some were taken during shopping trips around town. | ||
| Tree washing and watering along the road north of Beijing Union University | |
| Street scene along a smaller road to the west of Beijing Union University. These food carts are very common | | |
| Inside a small market to the west of Beijing Union University. This is where we got our photo IDs made. | |
| All manner of foods on a stick are available from street vendors around the city | | |
| These tricycles are used to haul garbage away. Other types of tricyles are used to haul other items to and from market. | |
| Another street scene near Beijing Union University. Marianne is using one of the exercise machines that are located along the street in many neighborhoods. | | |
| A sidewalk restaraunt cooking breakfast for passersby. | |
| Street scene along one of the smaller roads near Beijing Union University | | |
| Jaimie turned 21 while we were in Beijing. This is the bar where we celebrated her coming of age. | |
| This is a photo of a narrow alley that connects Daishilar Hutong to the next hutong. Hutongs run east and west to take advantage of the rising and setting sun. | | |
| Ito's is a large department store near Beijing Union University. This photo was taken looking across the freeway. There is a walkway across the freeway that ends at the door to Ito's | |
| Street scene along Wangfujing. A major shopping area in Beijing and home to the largest mall in China | | |
| Inside a large department store along Wangfujing | |
| This is a photo from a walkway that crosses the freeway that runs east and west just to the south of Beijing Union University. This freeway makes up part of the fourth outer circle that goes around Beijing. Traffic at about 07:00. | | |
| These construction cranes are everywhere in Beijing. The construction is very active in the city | |
| A sidewalk "cafe". | | |
| The silk market. This is the one day that it rained, but it may have helped us get better bargains as many people stayed home | |
| Tianhong, Ron, Jeung-Eun, Xiaoting, and Jesse posing with purchases at the silk market | | |
| One evening the director suggested that we get our hair washed and a massage. This is quite a ritual and rather enjoyable. Here is Ron getting his hair washed. | |
| This is inside the Hongqiao Market. On one floor is a pearl market. This is Ron buying pearls from Liu Xin. | | |
| Marianne posing with the receptionist at Fang Shan, the fancy restaraunt in Behai Park. The recpetionsist did admit that she poses for many pictures every day. | |
| A tea shop in Dashilar with Ron selecting a number of teas to take home. | | |