Salvador Dali is not in Yunnan

Qinghai Lake, Kunming, Dali

Mid & End of August 2010

It was Ramadan, and I had the option to go to the Dongguan Mosque and experience 100,000 Muslims praying, or join the excursion to Qinghai Lake with the team. I went for the lake, which had a Tibetan village close by.

My day didn’t start up too well. Still having diarrhea & having to use a dirty Tibetan hole wasn’t that much fun, then slipping and totally getting wet in six degree temperature when trying to jump over a pond was the crowning. But probably the worst was taking thirty six frames and realizing afterwards that the film didn’t wind properly. By late afternoon though, my luck changed when I hitchhiked over to a Tibetan village and was able to take some photos.

Tibetan cornrows…

I somehow just came at the right day & time since there was a traditional dance competition between different tribes going on while I was present…

Monks were judging…

She lost.

Tibetan people are extremely welcoming.

After the shoot, Danny and I hitchhiked on a ride up the hill with a local family.

Bye Bye Tibet!

We were around two weeks into the trip and the skaters were slowly getting exhausted. Next Destination, Dali!

Shady business in a sunny place…

Olympic Stadium Dali. Xu Ying ride up natural transition.

Gossip grandmas…

One of our drivers daughter took over my job!

Since Thrasher was hurt and unable to skate, Converse put Blackie from Guangzhou on the team. He joined us for Dali & Kunming. Welcome to the team!

For the Panda!

Children taking over the labour…

… while the older generation is enjoying that tabacco.

Kenny and I went to Kunming November 09, and at Fat Tongue (skate shop) we were asked to sign a board. Was surprised to see that my signature pro model was still for display…

Converse trip is done after three weeks of traveling through China. Great times!

Xu Ying Tailslide over ladybugs…