Thursday, October 7, 2010

Dragon Dance

October 2010
A dragon dance during the 60th Anniversary celebration of foreign students studying at Peking University. They had this crazy performance, it was even aired on local television here. Study abroad students from all local universities came to watch.

Botanical Garden Bridge

October 2010
One of the many lakes in the Beijing Botanical Gardens.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Beijing Rose

October 2010
A gorgeous flower in the Beijing Botanical Garden's Rose Garden.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Lobby Light

The hotel we stayed at in Luoyan had this crazy light in the lobby. It was really impressive and though it deserved a photo.

Water Cubes

October 2010
The Water Cube in Beijing. It turns out there was a design competition for the structure and this was the winner. Inside they had a sample of the outside material, it kind of felt like a plastic water bottle. It was incredibly thin! All together the materials were less then .75cm thick.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Bird's Nest

October 2010
The Bird's Nest used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The structure of the stadium was just incredible. When we were there it was being used as a Segway driving school.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Incense

September 2010
Incense at Shaolin Temple. There were tons of temples within the area, each with it's own place for praying  and offering incense.