Wednesday, January 24, 2001

Chinese New Year


Chinese New Years



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24-Jan-01

It was Chinese New Year. Year of the snake. We decided to see what sort of celebration we could see, and ended up in a neighborhood festival. I don't remember exactly how we ended up there; so much of our travels around Beijing were blurry in mutual language incomprehension; but somehow we managed.
Chinese New Years




MVC-180S-Dancers. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Dancers




MVC-181S. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): These dancers were in the lobby of a big tourist hotel around the corner from our budget backpacker hotel.  We would go into the big hotels in order to get a taxi,, or other service.  Everyone just assumed that we were staying there since we were obviously "foreign devils" (The Travel Addicts, China)

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These dancers were in the lobby of a big tourist hotel around the corner from our budget backpacker hotel. We would go into the big hotels in order to get a taxi,, or other service. Everyone just assumed that we were staying there since we were obviously "foreign devils"




MVC-182S-Crowd waiting to get into the fair. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Crowd waiting to get into the fair




MVC-183S. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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MVC-184S-Giant, inflatable snake in honour of the year. SaraGrace Keenan. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Giant, inflatable snake in honor of the year




MVC-186S-She had her own baloons. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): This is one place that I didn't need to hand out baloons; even if I could tie them as elaboratly as this! (The Travel Addicts, China)

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She had her own balloons
This is one place that I didn't need to hand out balloons; even if I could tie them as elaborately as this!




MVC-187S-Announcer. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Announcer




MVC-188S-Decorated tree. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Decorated tree




MVC-189S-Prizewinner. SaraGrace Keenan "SGK", , and . , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): This boy won a hamster in some sort of a contest.  He was very proud.  I'm surprised that the rodent didn't freeze to death as it was very cold out. (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Prizewinner
This boy won a hamster in some sort of a contest. He was very proud. I'm surprised that the rodent didn't freeze to death as it was very cold out.




MVC-190S-Baloon recipient!. SaraGrace Keenan. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): We tied these baloons to ourselves so we could more easily find ourselves in the crowd (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Baloon recipient!
We tied these balloons to ourselves so we could more easily find ourselves in the crowd




MVC-194S-Balancing act. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): That thing is about 20 feet tall, and he's balancing it on the tips of his fingers! (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Balancing act
That thing is about 20 feet tall, and he's balancing it on the tips of his fingers!




MVC-195S-Parade dancer. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Parade dancer




MVC-197S. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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MVC-198S-Inflatible castle. , and . , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): Just goes to show that colourful, bouncing adventures is cross-cultural (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Inflatable castle
Just goes to show that colorful, bouncing adventures is cross-cultural




MVC-199S-Goldie locks. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国): Not sure if these red ringlets were attached to the hat or the girl. (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Goldie locks
Not sure if these red ringlets were attached to the hat or the girl.




MVC-200S-Queen of the faire. , Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (北京, 北京市, 中国) (The Travel Addicts, China)

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Queen of the faire

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