This is Winfred, my new photography brother-in-arms. We originally met at the swimming pool about 4 months ago. We didn’t really keep in touch, but then he found me on flickr! We realised we share a common passion for photography, so we decided to meet up and go on a photo walkabout together. We started in Weinan, and then headed south for what would turn out to be a 20km hike, but some great photos came out of it…


Like this one! I just love the textures and colours, you feel like you can touch it…

But, I’m getting ahead of myself. We actually started in the city centre. There were some old dudes playing basketball, but they were pretty slow paced, and not very photogenic; so we headed south. 😛

Heading south out of the city centre.

Past the screaming kids…

This lorry was huuuuuge. As far as I can tell, the actual stone columns that the thing is pulling also make up the “bed” of the trailer. The back of the trailer also kinda reminds me of Wall-E.

I don’t know anything about trains. But this one was on tracks and had wheels.

We kinda had to walk through a building site…

and by “Kinda”…I mean, “running through trenches and hopping over mud like a pair of crazy badgers.”

We were starting to get pretty high…

and then, BOOM. Lush green fields and blue skies. Wow. A hidden gem. This is the thing about China; the city centre is crazy-big, with 40 story buildings and so on, but a mere 30minute walk and I was standing in the middle of a field without a soul in sight…apart from Winfred. 🙂

and fairly clear skies. 🙂

  
Lots of things to shoot. Myself and Winfred were both snap-happy.

Lush terrain.

  
Stuff!

Some pretty strange “summer houses.”

and even stranger “summer caves.”

  
I have no idea where that entrance goes. Maybe I’ll go for a wonder next time.

  
Lots of animals out in the sticks.

  
Speaking of sticks, this guy had a few. Lots of interesting things, sweetcorn that looks….less than delicious, and doorways that look older than Jesus…and he’s nearly 2,010 years old!

So, funny story about these dogs. From a distance myself and Winfred hear them starting to bark; then they emerge. They look very menacing, and quite big. Winfred asks if I’m afraid of dogs, I say “no, they bark a lot, but they rarely bite.” then I realised my assumption was based on British dogs…these things look BIG. Anyway, long story short, we get close and they’re ikkle tiny cute dogs. Haha. ^_^

Some old people playing cards.

  
A close up of their card game. Crazy! Oh, and lots and lots of older people out in the rural areas.

  
Various modes of transport.

I love this shot looking down the side of the hill.

House. Tree. Grave. Metaphor?

  
Some interesting colours!

We had a great view down on the city!

  
Everything looked so awesome from above.

Myself and Winfred snapping away.

I like this one. A lil’ like a painting.

  
Weinan, Weinan, Weinan.

The last berry yet to fall from the tree.

Across from us, some farm folk had set up camp and were doing…stuff.

  
Spot the odd one out!

  
One of these is Winfred…

This one!

and this one!

  
The tree on the left is very interesting. The trunk has texture up to a point; and then…none!

Walked past this camp on the way back into the city.

Walking back into town involved walking through a construction site. A soon-to-be-highway. There’s no health and safety BS here in China. If you wanna walk straight through a construction site, you can! Not a sign or fence to stop you.

Purdy!

A typically sticker-tuned Chinese car. A Nissan Tiida with Honda Civic Type R decals. Rock on.

This dog was looking for a snack.

This tree wasn’t looking for a snack.

Crazy ugly plant.

More nature!

MORE nature, people will think I’m going soft. Quick, throw in a picture of something manly…

Phew. Good save. Nothing says PURE MAN like a cement factory and a digger. 😉

I have loads more pics to edit and post, I’m a bit behind with it all. Check back tomorrow, or later today maybe…if I’m quick enough. 🙂

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