From Tianjin according to the inscription.

Same every year: red underwears for sale around the new year (here in Carrefour). As you can see from the middle packages, the next one will be the year of the dog.

My first successful try at converting a colour photo into a B&W one. It takes a lot more than pressing the greyscale button in photoshop ;-)

600 years old stone pagodas, one hour drive north of Beijing.

A huge collection of old and often rusty planes.

Our latest acquisition from emo+. It changes colour every hour :-)

... and Happy New Year :-)

I really like that place :-) Ideal location to take photos !

I really like that place :-) Ideal location to take photos !

The driver was actually testing the brakes of his truck !

Quite scary with all these doll pieces sticking out.

Huge empty factory with scattered (scary) pieces of art.

Beijing is extremly dry. Thus - although I hate it - I do have to use cream to take care of my skin (otherwise it gets awfully itchy after every bath / shower).