the photos you've all been waiting for...

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these are mostly from beijing and tian shi, so transport your minds back a few entries and enjoy.....








so many fond memories! such beautiful scenery! more to come soon from the lake kanas trip.

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Photos

hutong, beijing
the hutong are tiny alleys where people traditionally live. crazy broken-down houses and shops and crew just living and breathing and doin their thing

tian'amen square
the site of the imfamous protests and massacre...... awe-inspiring to have actually been there, although it's hard to imagine the things that have happened now. see if you can spot any security/army/police personnel!

beijing night markets
hustle-an-a-bustle at da markets

yet another train ride
the tiny top berths that we were confined to didn't fit kt very well.....

me and pier climbing tian shi
i was pretty puffed at this point, but we were nowhere near done! note the lack of jacket despite frosty temperatures.

deep dragon pool, tian shi
we were most of the way up when we reached this beautiful pool, near heavenly lake. gorgeous.

tian shi, finally
we reached the top of our particular mountain, and what a view!

me n little one, tian shi
since i'd climbed the mountain, of course i had to be cheesy and play guitar on top of it! i was strumming a really out of tune chord at the time.

summer palace, beijing
well, there had to be at least one stupid one!

nice horsey!
did i say one stupid one? i meant many..... this was taken at people's park in urumqi. kt made me climb ontop of the zebra. our hairdos match!

mmm, goat
the urumqi night markets were a little more confronting than the beijing ones! we just had to take a photo of this one (despite being charged two yuan for it!)

kt playing zhapou
the old guys in the people's park loved our rendition of avril lavigne's "girlfriend". here, kt's trying to master the zhapou, with a little help from one of our new friends.

emin minaret, turpan
the impressive emin minaret, in turpan.

bike kids, turpan
we drove past these kids riding their bikes through the desert in turpan. kinda like home, but not.