jinlai, jinlai.

I'm back home. Seattle. Walking around here I've been saturated with feelings of familiarity, obscurity, and the sense that I have just awoken from a dream.

For my last week in China, Beijing worked as a good finale. The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, Tienanmen Square, the largest mall in Asia, and the forbidden city were among the destinations hit in a surgical strike of touristic glory. I'm glad I saw them.

I'm a little overwhelmed by the world right now. Final musings on the trip will come later, but for now here's some pictures.


The Forbidden City

The flag raising at Tienanmen Square at dawn (it was very, VERY cold)

outside beijing

near tienanmen

Characters written in water and frozen into ice beside the lake

Great Wall

Powerlines

Troops

at the Summer Palace

Mao and me: BFF 4EVR

-s