new nanjie

Well after months of speculation huxley finally unveiled the new najie. Me and gordon were the very first customers. We got there around 8pm. Not the brightest of moves we were he zui la and plum tuckered out before the rest of the masses arrived.
Over all the place is pretty cool. If the put in a Wi-Fi i will no longer need an apartment.

trip out to the beach house

we went to the beachhouse last weekend. started off by missing the last bus. then some shady chinese guy offered to drive us there for $60. nick talekd him down to $50 so we took the car which was way bettter than the bus and only $4 more per person. vitor met us and took us to goden age. we had a few beverages and enjoyed the show. golden age is the infamouse chinese bar which is more like a vegas lounge. then we found out that qinghuangdao no has a night club so we did a scouting mission. next day 6 of nicks soccar buddies arrived we ate a massive seafood lunch then hit the beach. water was excellent!

that nigt we decided to go back to the nightclubs and check out the night life in this tiny town of 1 million chinese ren. hardly any foriegners so 3 americans plus 6 english soccar players was mor ethan this town was ready for....

shark fin soup

i forgot to mention that i was able to try shark fin soup while i was in guanzhou. it is a cantonese delicacy.

dave tanner told me:

"do know they just cut the fin off the shark when
they catch it and toss the (soon-to-be) carcass back in the water,
right? It spirals down to the bottom -- it can't stabilize without a
dorsal fin."

I want to let everyone know this was definitely a huge concern of mine when i ordered the soup. The manager of the restaurant assured me that before they tossed the carcass back into the ocean they first clubbed the shark over the head with the lifeless carcass of a fur less baby seal.. and they did this until the shark was unconscious if not dead.

color yangshuo holgas

bw holgas

holga ox

b&w portraits from yangshuo

i took some portraits in yangshuo. let me know the thoughts of the b&w holgas.

holga comparisions

took a lott of b&w shots in yangshuo. here is a wall with the classic mao saying serve the people. i tried to get a photo of peeople walking in front of it. i took one in B7W and one with negative film. wondering which is the most efective and interesting. let me know.

luga's B-Day

We wnt to rickshah last night to celebrate luga's b-day. fo those not in beijing luga works at the rickshaw and the saddle were we often go. there were tons of people there because he is a great guy and everyone loves him. he helped me and handjob buy our mahjong set.

yangshuo, china

here is a photo of yangshuo at night. downtown yangshuo was very thailand like touristy mostly chinese though. but 10 minutes by bike you were in villages and it was very cool.

these are the digital point and shoots... there are 26 rolls of holga shots at the lab now. 15 B&W 11 color. should be cool stuff.

Bike ride through yangshuo

In yangshou bikes were only about 70cents to rent for the day. I ended up with a girls beach cruiser and ended up riding 35 km through the country side. i thought i was going around in a circle then after around 20km there was a little village on the river i realized it was another 16km back to yangshuoi so I drank a few pijous (beer) to replenish my electrolytes before the rest of the ride back to town . there was this old guy who kept passing me on a full suspension mountain bike. he would fly by me then 20 minutes later i would pass him while he was resting then he would go by again then the same again. it was liket he tortoise and the hare anyways y i was highly impressed with the performance of the 70cent girls cruiser.

river cruise

dragons backbone

This is the rice terraces outside yangshuo also called the dragons backbone.

chinese chili john's

this is the chinese chili johns. this place is 100 years old and has been serving the same spicey secret recipe the whole time. they dont serve chili they serve spicey rice noodles and on the tables is onions and vinegar like chili johns. I also believe i saw lisa fisher leaving when i first got there.