Comments on: Beijing By Night

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:53:34 +0000

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Simply divine!! Every shot captures the magic of the location! What camera do you use, it really handles night time so well. The header photo is like something out of a travel magazine… totally perfect and so buzzing with electricity.

I also really like the market scenes. I love walking around markets late at night.

Zhu, you really are the master of travel photography! Thank you so much for sharing them with us xxx

By: Khengsiong

Khengsiong — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:11:08 +0000

Zhu,
I ate the ‘better’ Beijing Duck near my hotel, but I no longer remember the place.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:35:04 +0000

See our likings are worth it! If you were not night owl; you would have missed this great night

Beijing looks great at night.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:22:31 +0000

@Seraphine – China is a great place to be in right now, it has a lot of energy and so much is happening. But this is mostly true for the cities… the Western part of the country isn’t so lucky.

@sir jorge – Oh, tell me about it, I’m the biggest fan of Mexican markets.

@princesse ecossaise – Nah, you can have… deep fried caramel apples instead if you like.

@Bluefish – It is an great treat

@kyh – I haven’t taste this one I think, but I love skewers in general.

@johnada – See, in China, you could go out and eat something right now!

@shionge – I still trust Chinese food. Not so much the processed food but anything fresh.

@Scarlet – I’m looking into direct flights Miami – Beijing

@JoAnn’s D Eyes/Holland – Thank you JoAnn for your praise on my pictures!

@Priyank – Not even, these pictures are just point and shoot. I don’t have the patience for a tripod!

@Aiglee – Thank you

@Linguist-in-Waiting – I have never heard that before actually! Most shops tend to open later than in the West. A lot of small businesses (and there are a lot now!) just open whenever it’s busy, which is usually a lot. Only franchises and posh shopping malls are 9:00am to 9:00pm.

@Seraphine – Oh tell me about it! I’m not great at translating, even mentally, and I always think in whatever language I’m using, which is confusing!

@RennyBA – It’s a great place, very different from Europe. It’s more latin in some kind of way.

@khengsiong – Thanks! Where did you eat the best Beijing duck? I find Quanjude okay, if a bit expensive. I found another great place in Wangfujing too.

By: khengsiong

khengsiong — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:27:36 +0000

Great pics. You are a good photographer.

I see the 全聚德 restaurant in one of the picture. Despite its fame, it doesn’t serve the best Beijing Duck…

khengsiongs last great read…Democracy – USA vs. Malaysia

By: RennyBA

RennyBA — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:19:41 +0000

Looks like a very cosmopolitan and pulsing town and the food looks delicious too – great pics Zhu!

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:45:59 +0000

haha. until you actually start thinking in another language, it’s easy to confuse words. i’m trying to learn some basic spanish, but french keeps getting in the way. tu tiene un visage bonita. so i’ll never be able to talk (much less think) in chinese characters!

By: Linguist-in-Waiting

Linguist-in-Waiting — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:13:27 +0000

Wow. This city never sleeps. Is it true that opening hours for different establishments in the city aren’t fixed by a certain time period, say, not everything is open between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM? Instead, there is a rotation? Somebody told me that, I never knew whether it was true, and he said that it was because if it were the case that shops were only open during a certain period of time like say, in the USA, then the shops simply cannot handle the amount of people.

By: Aiglee

Aiglee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:49:12 +0000

Amazing pictures!! Love it, love it, love it

By: Priyank

Priyank — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:47:15 +0000

I love your night photos, do you walk around with a stand