namdoog's china photoblog

[namdoogwerdna]

Well.. I'm in China for the month, and since their government blocks facebook and a majority of my friends are on TST, I thought I'd post up a little photoblog here. I will try to update it as much as I can, I'm not sure how lenient of crazy my schedule is going to be. We got to the hotel yesterday around 9pm (9am your time) and immediately began getting so drunk that I now have a terrible hangover.

I'm heading to the great wall in a bit I'll post up pictures tonight or tomorrow. For now, here is the view from my hotel room in Beijing.



Plenty more to come.

[03MSP]

im excited for this! id love to go there

[namdoogwerdna]

Thanks bro. I will definitely be posting more pictures soon, we're rushing around trying to grab breakfast and catch the bus right now. The flight over here was 13 and a half hours. It was really cool because we went west the whole time and left around 4PM from NYC - so it did not get dark for the entire flight. I'm in Beijing until Sunday and then spend three weeks at a university in a city called Chongqing.

[RichK]

Good deal Andrew. Glad to see you made it OK. Don't forget to ask where the nearest Chinese restaurant is BTW, can't wait to see pics from the Great Wall.

[namdoogwerdna]

I'm trying to find the Chinese restaurant Rich, but no one understands me

By the way, I only have my 50 1.4 with me.

The internet here takes forever to upload photos, but here are a few from today. The great wall was steep as hell, and the steps were very uneven. One step could be 3 inches, the next could be a foot and a half.

I found a car magazine in the lobby of the hotel.





Great Wall steps







yeah, that's how steep it really was





The guard at a post on the GW had cool shoes



This guy climbed all the way up and had lunch







$3 watches





That's all for now, it's 8:30 PM here and we're about to start drinking. Hope all is well in the free world.

[FLINTSTONESKID]

i love that shot of the girl in the arch !!!! i was exactly where you are now, six months ago !!! awesome isnt it !!! i climbed to the top of the eastern wall and almost died, its quite a hike. btw, watch out for the armed guards, they dont like having their photos taken !!! be safe, and dont buy into the system, hehehehe.

[djb5118]

Lookin good Andrew!!!

Be sure to swing by on your way home!

[namdoogwerdna]

Thanks fellas!

@ finstoneskid - the wall was a B I T C HHHH but totally worth it


we jsut got kicked out of a bar in beijing by the police. chinese cant hang with us apparently

[TROLL]

sweet shots, will be looking forward to more.
i was hungover as hell going to the great wall and didn't expect it to be so steep... i was struggling bigtime on it, haha.

[namdoogwerdna]

thanks BT. yeah we have been drinking prettyy much the whole time we have been here. being hungover on the GW was a sobering experience haha.

[namdoogwerdna]

Bump. Been at the university in Chongqing for a few days now. It's very smoggy here and often very irritating to breathe, especially when we walk up 5 flights of stairs to our dorm rooms and when we walk to class, which is about a mile away.

Checked out some of the city today - pics below.

[03MSP]

great pictures, keep them coming!!!

[JC412]

what lens your using....? pictures are awesome...

[ASIAN JUL]

Originally Posted by JC412

what lens your using....? pictures are awesome...

Originally Posted by namdoogwerdna

By the way, I only have my 50 1.4 with me.

Hope you're having a blast, Andrew! Say hi to my folks for me I keed. Stay safe!

[namdoogwerdna]

Thanks all! Here are a few from my weekend in Chengdu visiting the panders

[RichK]

Nice images Andrew. Keep them coming.

[namdoogwerdna]

Ask and you shall receive, edited a few more this evening

[OWENthatsmyname]

awesome shots!

looks like a great time

[DPancoast]

such cool pictures man. Im jealous.

the 3rd panda shot is funny. he/she's like WHAT

[namdoogwerdna]

Thanks guys. After a wild month I'm finally packing up to go home tomorrow. After some R&R I'll go through the rest of the photos and post up some snapshots of the misc china ridiculousness.