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- China has large reserves of coal. Here a large road was suddenly diverted so that the coal could be extracted in an open mine.
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- Although the authorities have started focusing on safety regulations, there are still lots of mining accidents. No wonder there is an alter by the entrance to this mine.
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- The Great Wall East of Taipingzhaizhen. Many places there is a high vertical climb to get into a watchtower, or the next section of Great Wall as here.
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- This tree was decorated with the plastic labels of bottles. It was beautiful!
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- Climbing the Great Wall looking for a suitable camp site for the night. I didn’t find one that night, and slept on the wall.
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- Night photo. Because of the one minute exposure the stars are slightly distorted because of the rotation of the earth.
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- I never cease to be amazed at the level of detail the Great Wall has in store.
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- Up, down, up, down and up again.
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- This fat spider made a distinct thunk noise when it fell to the ground, when I finally managed to dislodge it from my walking stick.
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- At the local wicket office in Qianan Eastern Hebei.
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- A farmer collects cotton.
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- I love the way young Chinese girls often have four pony tails instead of two. Here – a top down view of a girl sitting on the back of her mothers bicycle.
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- A farmer returning from his field.
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- This nice guy ran a RMB 15 a night guesthouse.
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- Great Wall climbing its way up a mountain.
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- Shaving off excess paper on the last provincial map of Liaoning.
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- The Great Wall passed by this beautiful valley close to the border between Hebei and Liaoning Provinces.
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- Taking a breather in Liaoning. Trust me – they were few and far between.
