Last three weeks have given the opportunity to memorize how the Estonian language sounded.
It started with 2 Estonian colleagues with the project for factory, one of them also had a wife with him. Went for a dinner and I got an opportunity to taste some of that good Vana Tallinn.
Few days later went to discover with one of the guys YuYuan Gardens and managed to see the traditional local lifestyle even more closer.
Then when returning from a weekend trip to Wuxi I heard some good old Estonian swearing in the train. Of course immediately I went to search for the source of the coarse language and met 4 Estonian guys and a girl who were having a 2 week vacation in China.
And last weekend I got the opportunity to enjoy a dinner and drinks with translator Anneli, hotel manager Kristiina and footballer Andres.
No photos this time.
Walks with and without camera. Tarvi Olli, since 2005
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Weekends around Shanghai: Wuxi
Sometimes it actually looks very nice during and after rain. Shanghai
Weekend trip to Wuxi, Turtle-Hear Pensisula Scenic Spot. For a moment I had a feeling like being back in Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the feeling lasted only till I tapped the old rocks with my fingers, it all sounded empty. All the statues are set up just few years ago to attract tourists.
Golden teacher for tourists to adore.
Like Angkor Wat, only built just few years ago
Guard of toes
Artificially created tourist town. At 5 PM the tourist town closes down, shops getting closed, people leaving… and the very traditional looking Chinese environment becomes very non-Chinese looking lifeless ghost town.
Where is the toilet?
A real working pagoda
One last candle in pagoda
Wuxi. Rain cleared the view and brought out the nice evening colours.
Lake Tai and its islands. Ghost town and Imitation of Angkor Wat was on the island with a tower.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Shower holes
June and July – rainy months and August is to be the hot one, this was the initial information. Now, during the first days of August it seems a bit different. June and July were baking with heat, and last 2-3 weeks the rains have brought some coolness – now temperatures are down to ~32 degrees. But it is better to have umbrella always nearby.
This means that during the weekends it is getting important finding these small time windows between showers of rain. Week ago, on one of these moments, it was time to discover the Botanical garden, the destination that had been long time in the list of places to visit and finally, when the spring blossoming had made it far into the history, it was the time to go to check the place out – to see bamboos, magnolias, ferns. Bamboos were cool, magnolias ok and ferns were rather dead. All topped up with some nice bites from mosquitoes.
Street – during the slow moment.
Hardware store
Shanghai Botanical Garden, I lined up with locals to get the best shot. My catch for this time :)
The best for building houses and for food and now also just to enjoy watching it growing. Bamboo.
A plant
Lotus & bird
Gardener
Siesta
This means that during the weekends it is getting important finding these small time windows between showers of rain. Week ago, on one of these moments, it was time to discover the Botanical garden, the destination that had been long time in the list of places to visit and finally, when the spring blossoming had made it far into the history, it was the time to go to check the place out – to see bamboos, magnolias, ferns. Bamboos were cool, magnolias ok and ferns were rather dead. All topped up with some nice bites from mosquitoes.
Street – during the slow moment.
Hardware store
Shanghai Botanical Garden, I lined up with locals to get the best shot. My catch for this time :)
The best for building houses and for food and now also just to enjoy watching it growing. Bamboo.
A plant
Lotus & bird
Gardener
Siesta
Monday, August 03, 2009
1st swim in China
In the coastal city, like Shanghai is, it took me 7 month to make it to the sea… 600km north from Shanghai, city called QingDao. Of course one of the busy places especially the main beaches, as local people don’t swim that much it was kind of interesting to watch crowds of people standing in the knee-deep water and only few swimming. Anyway I was happy to find small piece of beach for swimming with rather few people a bit further away from shark nets.
Qingdao in sunset. Haze is always covering the far horizon. One old military submarine in museum. When we got excited and made few photos of some military petrol station with huge pillars and golden letters we almost got kicked by a passing lady, as it obviously can be no good if western people are making photos on streets towards petrol station.
How many new weds can you spot? Hard to say if it is like this every Saturday in Qingdao, but on that day there were hundreds of brides and grooms jumping from rock to rock to get the best photo. It left the impression that the most important part of wedding ceremony is actually the photo made in white dress and suite. Wedding clothes pulled just over the daily jeans and sneakers.
Han
3 fellas
Best seafood in town, just time to time a bit tight when buses were making their way by.
Qingdao in sunset. Haze is always covering the far horizon. One old military submarine in museum. When we got excited and made few photos of some military petrol station with huge pillars and golden letters we almost got kicked by a passing lady, as it obviously can be no good if western people are making photos on streets towards petrol station.
How many new weds can you spot? Hard to say if it is like this every Saturday in Qingdao, but on that day there were hundreds of brides and grooms jumping from rock to rock to get the best photo. It left the impression that the most important part of wedding ceremony is actually the photo made in white dress and suite. Wedding clothes pulled just over the daily jeans and sneakers.
Han
3 fellas
Best seafood in town, just time to time a bit tight when buses were making their way by.
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