Unmensch

It was really amazing in the mountains:



So much climbing...













These guys invited me to play tennis with them in the park:

That's how pop concerts in the Worker's Stadium look like (don't know if you can see the police sitting in the first row quietly):


After that, the band Wong Wei from Dalian at Mao's was just the right remedy:



My trip on the fastest train in China, the D-train:


768 Art District:


Meeting Mr Waldmann:


Me emotionally playing the piano around Mr Waldmann's hotel lobby:


Mr Waldmann at work and some Chinese people practicing their "favorite sports" -- standing and watching:

to be continued

The city is full of contrasts:



So far and yet so near:



Street vendors have a rest:



Werder Bremen:



A view of the city after a long way up at 37C and 60% humidity:



The buddhists are around:



Beijing zoo is very proud of its pandas:



Mao's rock and roll venue. Note the dinosaur's paw in the lower right corner:



Propaganda in the aptly named student's bar:



The Propaganda bar:

The olymics had its one-year anniversary:



The lake area at night:



On the Great Wall, we were sweating our asses off:



The city is growing rapidly:



Afterwards, everybody was damn hungry:

Shopping at H&N:



7h Karaoke session:



Difficult to sing along:



In forbidden city:



A view over the forbidden city:



Sanlitun Road:

In the emperor's summer palace:



I wasn't made for these temperatures:



A rewarding view over the lake:



I was fascinated by the Lotus flowers and their repelling surface:



Postcard view:



But also others spent big efforts to catch some pictures:



The kids were freaking out:



Work:



The view from the roof bar:



The lounge:



No poop:

Yesterday I went to the temple:



Afterwards we roamed the streets:



I met some recruits:



Went to the emperor's summer palace:

On the first day I met Mao:



On the Tiananmen Square with my Chinese friends:



It is very dusty:



I made friends with "number 2", 56% rice schnaps:



All of a sudden I started thinking:



Later on it rained like crazy for hours, the streets were flooded 15cm partially: