Capital Curiosities

2009 08-09 – Beijing

Just a bunch of interesting stuff sighted around the city

Iconic, cliché, but bears repeating I think.

I'd not previously thought of kite flying as a way to chill out.

There's nothing sensible anyone can say about this, it's just plain wrong!
But as strange as the dog with jeans was, I was more taken aback on a late night walk home from a club, when I passed a man walking his goose!
No that's not a metaphor!
No it wasn't the alcohol and no the goose didn't have a lead, but its owner did walk in such a way as to protect it from over-curious passers by, be they man or beast!

What better time to revise your algebra than when stuck in traffic?! Very practical.

How many young Chinese men does it take to hoover the road?... Three apparently.
Lets hope they really were measuring pollution levels or something useful like that.

I have never before walked into a shop to such a simultaneously horrific and comedic greeting!
These cheeky chops reminded me of the Ren & Stimpy episode A Yard Too Far... thankfully, in the real world of that particular Chinese shop, there was no sign of an over-amorous guard baboon!