botanist of the sidewalk

Exploring the city.

My Beijing folly…

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….trying to take photos with no people in them.

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Convenience Store #2

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Beijing follies – CBD

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In the suburbs

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Votive traces

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Day 2

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An attempt to visit the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on the edge of Beijing for Tomb Sweeping Day ended in a recycling yard for kitchen equipment and building materials. Each open fronted warehouse-type space was adorned with an awning.

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Convenience Store #1

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On the way home

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China Telco

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You know you are in Beijing because the phone boxes look like retro hair dryers.

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The end of the roll

 

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Hong Kong was a stopover when I left Australia for the first time. My most enduring image was the sight of washing hanging on bamboo poles out the windows of high rise buildings. This time there is a noticeable absence.

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