Monday, April 13, 2009

Sunday in the country


A couple of pictures from my weekend away in Huairou.

Unfortunately, the air quality was almost as bad as it has been in Beijing over the past few days (a shroud of humidity trapping tons of dust in the air, at times cutting visibility down to only a few hundred yards); and the hillsides were so crowded with blossom that it was difficult to get a clear view of anything as I hiked up this gorge - other than a formless sea of white and pink flowers. Stunning to experience live; but it doesn't make for good photographs.

1 comment:

stuart said...

Not that I want to increase your alarm about air quality in Beijing, Froog, but be sure to check out the latest offering from James Fallows at The Atlantic.