Shenyang - 2002, 2003, 2004
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2002
Bonus gallery! "Sichuan
hot pot"
The trip from Washington D.C. to Shenyang, China. First pictures of the city and pictures of our apartment.
Many pictures of the city, probably arrived during the best month of the year (for the weather).
Trip to the "open air" food, meat, vegetable market.
Walking to the local market.
A limo, a city in decay, a statue of Mao.
A "4th of July" party at the Civic Moon housing "resort".
Stormy weather, and all of us getting a shampoo/scalp massage. Flooding.
Elevated pictures of the city, from the "Penthouse Suite" in the Intercontinental Hotel.
My "motorized bicycle". 60 cc's of occasionally 2-strokin' power.
Now that I'm "mobile", lot's more pictures of Shenyang.
More "open market" imagery.
A local restaurant (we didn't eat there though).
Horseback riding, about thirty minutes outside of Shenyang by taxi.
Shopping at the local "flea market".
We took a walk in/around a very large market.
Putting around on the bike, got some good shots on a nice day.
Putting around on the bike, pictures of a roadside barber too.
More pictures of my motorized bike.
Shopping around, got a neat helmet.
Dog getting prepped to be cooked and eaten.
Patrick doing the "Trick or Treat" thing!
Got dragged by a taxi, here are the results.
Patrick's' birthday party!
Nice clean air in Shenyang! (NOT!!)
Pictures of ice INSIDE our apartment window seal.
Chilly pictures of Shenyang in the winter.
Christmas Day, and more pictures of Shenyang in the winter.
Dried lizard, guess it has medicinal value?
Various December pictures of Shenyang.
Obviously not in chronological order, but some really neat pictures of Shenyang in the summer.
Munchin' at the Tokyo Cafe.
2003
(sigh) More Winter, does it ever end?
Ice skating on the (obviously) frozen river.
Snow on the rooftops.
Three examples of Shenyang pollution, January 2003. Notice the black stuff.
Pollution, and constructions, and a fire (er, result of a fire, i.e. the local fire department on the job).
First pictures of us with Penelope in Shenyang!
Almost a month later, a local "Fu-Mart", some women washing the bike, etc.
My latest purchase, a motorized "reverse donkey".
Same donkey, making a haul.
Pollution, Patrick, and Penelope.
Gao Xin, on the donkey.
Warmed up already, pictures of Shenyang during an Intercontinental hosted event.
Imperial Palace (the original) in Shenyang.
Various... the airport, the city, the bike, a party, a tree dedicated to Penelope, and another dog bites the dust.
Yet another dog.... not so lucky.
Enjoying summer, cruising through the city.
Elements of a tea house.
Beiling park, a Qing dynasty tomb.
Patrick, Penelope, Doris, and a picture of Shenyang at night.
Pictures "close" to work...
Dongling park, the other Qing dynasty tomb.
Dongling park, the other Qing dynasty tomb.
A walking trip through part of the city, "Prime Real Estate" as I call it...
Eating at a Korean restaurant.
Horseback riding with associates.
Horseback riding with associates.
Shenyang Botanical Garden, beautiful.
Another canine, and a beautiful sunrise picture.
Terra Cotta soldiers on tour (deceased, of course) at a local museum. Plus, loads of pictures from the Shenyang TV tower so that's so prominent in the city's silhouette.
Penelope smiling, and pictures of the city.
Various pictures of the city, to say the least.
2004
Museum of the September 18 Incident, 1931. The roots of the Pacific War in WW II.
Korean restaurant, and some street scenes.
Another nasty, grunt, winter day.
Swimming, eating, Shenyang life, etc.
At a local artist shop (Chen Fu Hua).
Return of winter, of course.
A "Colorado Sky" day.
Doris at the dentist, and some sky shots.
A walk through part of the city, warmer days returning. Getting close to leaving.
Pollution, a morning at the flea market, deconstruction, and my "other" bike.
A farewell to some of the people that I've worked with for the past two years.
Various assorted city shots, and a Chinese rock star (Cui Jian 崔健) at the airport in Beijing.
Shenyang at its best, (under construction).