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Gotta start somewhere - Nik on the plane. Appreciate this because I woke everyone up with the flash. Haha.
Old people using amazing outdoor gyms at 6:30am. Look how high the old guy's leg is!
Money tree. Cool.
New year decorations. Big ones.
You can be a big pig too. oi!
Silky frog. And some big koi.
The first of many a camp lion
The Yue gardens in Shanghai
Tranquil
The Jade Buddha Temple
Incense. And fire.
At the summer palace in Beijing.
Little kid being a badass with a sword (a Dao. I think) at the Wushu training centre, Suizhou.
Not quite so impressive...
Shortly after riding the cable cars of death...a safer mode of transport...
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Lantern festival at Xi'an. There were fireworks going off in the streets from about midday until 4am. Cool.
Mao's mausuleum at Tian'anmen square.
And don't you forget it...Forbidden city, Beijing.
Summer palace, Beijing
Not so summery...
The guardians of the sacred way to the Ming Tombs were pretty welcoming...
Although this elephant looks pretty mad
A more effective guardian (nosferatu?)
Cool
The gate of heavenly peace
Golden temple
More camp lions
The Bund, Shanghai
4yr olds shaming us with their Chinese characters (that you can't see...)
Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan
Cold in Shanghai
Terracotta warriors in Wuhan. Actually like 6'6 each. Awesome.
Perils of the night train...NOODLES OF FIRE! SRSLY.
Comandeered at last!
The number of coconut rings you can buy for 8p.
I'm moving to China.
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