And to your left...

It's an Iroh teabag! I guess... the things I make when left to my own devices...
Might make a better/more durable/re-useable version later, but for now I'm just amused and content with it.

While none of the family live(d) in Beijing, it turned out that my aunt had a friend who lived up there with her son and a spare room, so one weekend my cousin and I went ahead and bought two tickets on the over-night train to Beijing(a first for her as well!). Being cheap we got ones that meant we had to share a car with other people, we had the top bunks and some old folk had the bottom ones, though all in all it wasn't a bad trip.

That said... roughly two days in Beijing.
( Pics and babble under cut )

Now with ~100% less "city".

Every Saturday my cousin and I, and on some occasions just me, would take the bus into the city and head over to the Golden Mango. There we'd pay 50 kuai to board a bus with a bunch of other folks and to head out to the countryside for a hash run. These pictures are from those Saturdays.
( Wtf is a hash run and pics under cut )
Next few posts should be up a bit faster, XP

Sorry, I think, to those in S_D seeing this twice. But I finally got a computer that will let me upload my pictures, yay! Going to take awhile to compile what I have so far then resize and post them, so bear with me. In the meantime, well, read the title of this post.
( Or just click on the cut )