Chinese Noodles

Probably the best Chinese noodles I’ve eaten in Japan. Three years spent in China allow me to say that it was the real stuff :) Somwewhere in Akasaka, can’t remember the name of the restaurant but will not forget the location !

iPhone Lady

Bored at Macau Airport…

DIY

Most of our furniture come from China (bought all of it in Beijing before moving to Tokyo). Unfortunately, because of their eating habits, Chinese dining tables tend to be too high (easier to put your face in your plate). So this morning, after years of procrastinating, I decided to shorten the table: took me almost ...

Happy Chinese New Year

This photo of lucky charms taken during the Chinese New Year celebaration in Beijing has been the photo I have sold most :-) All my chinese new year photos in this nice gallery.

Breakdancing Smurf

Going through the plethora of photos I have from Beijing, I found those three: at the Lama Temple in Beijing, an Asian tourist trying to keep himself warm by doing some rather odd moves :D

Going Back Home

Only 3.5 hours from Beijing to Tokyo…

Beijing Airport

Brand new, free WLAN, comfy chairs and – in some areas – extremly close to the taxiway :)

Beijing Blue Sky

Every once in a while, on a lucky day such as this, the pollution goes away and the sky above Beijing turns blue ! Here on my way from Beijing West Railway station – coming back from Xian – to my hotel in Chaoyang.

Special Taxi

Could not find a Taxi at the hotel to go to the railway station, we ignored the advice to take the bus and took this … not sure how to call it … tricycle ?

RAN2#71bis in Xian

Raising Hand

I like the way my Chinese colleagues raise their hand :D

Korean Food and Drink

Pictured above, some infamous Sochu ;-)

Chinese Ingenuity

Now, that’s what I would call a foreigner-friendly power plug !

Hungry and Bored

After being stuck for 13 hours in a meeting room, strange things start to happen! Pictured above, an improvisation of privacy screen :D

Touch Me

mmm… maybe not ;-) and yes, that’s where we had lunch !

Empty Meeting Room

Little moment of calm before the storm.

Cheap Chinese Lunch

Plethora of sichuan food for ~2€ each!

Schutzstaffel SS

Poor design for the quality label logo in China, at least from European viewpoint: difficult not to be reminded of the Schutzstaffel SS.

RØDE SVM

It has arrived: made in Australia, sold in US, delivered in China, will be used in Japan :)

Terracotta Army

A lot more impressive in Mummy 3 to be honest ;-)

Illegal Taxi

As always when it rains in China, finding a taxi at the railway station in Xian was quite challenging. So to avoid waiting too long under the rain, we settled for an illegal taxi: expensive and uncomfortable, luckily the ride was short.