What I see

Munich, Germany: No sledding, no curling, no skating on this lake in the English Garden.

Hubei, China: Swimmers in the afternoon.

Wichita, USA: Delivery entrance of the Mid-America All Indian Center. Guns are prohibited.

Zhanjiang, China: Short afternoon break.

Vladivostok, Russia: Art student Sofia by the seaside.

Sanya, China: Backstreet pool shark. I just lost a game to him.

Shanxi, China: Coal mining area. (Almost) everything is black.

Tianzhu, China: White yaks in the high plateau of northern Tibet.

Hubei, China: Martial artist in the Wudang Mountains.

Gansu, China: Teacher Xie in the sunset.

Hebei, China: Evening light over the ruins of the Great Wall.

Vladivostok, Russia: Alexandr, truck driver from Spassk.

Hunan, China: Writing wishes on a temple wall on Mount Hengshan.

Shandong, China: Clouds surging under the peak of Mount Taishan.

Shanxi, China: Traditional burial in the countryside. The mourning wreaths are being burned.

Inner Mongolia, China: Cattle in the grassland.

Xinjiang, China: This is Old An. He lost his right eye when playing with an unexploded bomb from the war as a young boy.

Hebei, China: A student of martial arts. She has been in this school since 6 months.

Shijiazhuang, China: Under the ring roads of the provincial capital.

Vladivostok, Russia: Bicycle hero in the myst.

Shandan, China: Sunset over fields, trees and factories.

Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan: Rider getting ready for another bout during a “goat dragging” game played on horseback.

Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan: Three youngsters playing next to the railroad tracks.

Chongqing, China: Writing exercises.

Primorye, Russia: Former miner Anatoly started to work as an ornithologist during his retirement.

Shanghai, China: Nighttime in the back alley. Skyscrapers tower over the flat houses with their open doors.

Xinjiang, China: Heaven Lake in the Tianshan Mountain Range.

Jeti-Oguz, Kyrgyzstan: A walk down to the main road. I never found out what was in that bag.

Vladivostok, Russia: Pearl Beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Gansu, China: Villagers in their new temple.

Heihe, China: Ice-cutters at work. It is almost 30°C below zero.

Lucerne, Switzerland: Lake at night.

Berlin, Germany: Riot squad getting ready for May Day. An annual ritual since 1987.

Hainan, China: Clouds over the Five Finger Mountain. It seems to be breathing into the universe.

Chongqing, China: A Daoist in his temple.

Pingliang, China: Little Keke in a ball on a lake.

Jiuzhaigou, China: Bus drivers are waiting for visitors in one of China’s most prestigious tourist destinations.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Taking a picture of a sleeping vendor in Osh Bazaar.

Kansas, USA: Car mechanic Jerry.

Shanxi, China: On the way to work.

Guilin, China: A fisherman showing the water level of the Li-River during its last great flood.

Paris, France: Bird on top of Cincinnatus.

Hebei, China: Leather factory.

Guilin, China: The Li-River.

Baoding, China: Eight students of Taekwondo are preparing to have a classmate jump over them.

Hubei, China: Performance of a traditional sword fight in the Wudang Mountains.

Beijing, China: Film student.

Hebei, China: Villagers in front of their temple.

Wichita, USA: Charlie’s Gun & Pawn.

Gansu, China: Teacher Xie having fun.

Song Kol Lake, Kyrgyzstan: Fishermen having lunch in their yurt.

Zhanjiang, China: A street cook. His signature dish is stir-fried eggplant.

Kanas, China: Dawn over Fairy Bay in the Kanas River.

Beijing, China: Scrap yard in the north of the city. The capital keeps on growing.

Pingyao, China: Blinded statue in the temple of Shuanglin.

Hongkong: “Ball ball”.

Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan: Truck drivers enjoying a meal in front of their vehicle. The truck is originally from Germany.

Karakol, Kygyzstan: Abdurahman is a member of the Dungan minority.

Chongqing, China: Art student in an old village.

Karakol, Kyrgyzstan: Madina working the night shift in a brick factory.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Amir, 9 years old, in a pedestrian subway in the city center.

Qufu, China: The grave of Confucius is not very far.

Shanxi, China: Sunset over the old courtyard of the Wang family.

Rhodes, Greece: Eastern beach waiting for tourists.

Guilin, China: Village kids in their school uniforms.

Rot-Front, Kyrgyzstan: German grave from the 20th century. The inscription reads: “I am home! Are you coming?”

Kansas, USA: Main Street Style.

Hebei, China: Mister Liu in front of his old house at the foot of the Great Wall.

Munich, Germany: Sautéed Chinese Spinach.

Amrum, Germany: Last sunset of the year.

Guilin: Morning at the River Li.

Huozhou, China: Master Yan’s cell in the Temple of the Five Deities.

Sayram Lake, China: Parking prohibited. Littering also prohibited.

Langfang, China: Light switch in the dormitory of a municipal middle school.

Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan: I didn’t have any food for her. So she got vewy angwy!

Shanshan, China: Sand dunes in the afternoon light.

Hubei, China: Happiness, wealth or a long life?

Shaanxi, China: Road widening. Everything this side of the white line will be demolished.

Xi’an, China: Early in the morning. Two more hours until the shops open.

Bavaria, Germany: Lakeview house in the Alps.

Budapest, Hungary: Buda Castle.

Gansu, China: Desert road in the Gobi.

Guangzhou, China: Rowers on the Pearl River.

Langfang, China: Retirees performing traditional dance in the countryside.

Hebei, China: On the way home. Holding a grocery bag and a grandson.

Lhasa, China: On the roof of Drepung Monastery in the western part of town.

Berlin, Germany: Snowman in front of the Reichstag.

Paris, France: Installation art in the Centre Pompidou.

Karakol, Kyrgyzstan: A friendly encounter on the road, and the question if we want to go drinking together.

Gansu, China: Peasants taking an afternoon break next to their fields.

Pingliang, China: Muslim Hui-Chinese woman and her child on their way to work in the fields.

Kadji-Sai, Kyrgyzstan: After the mine next to the village was closed down, many people left their homes looking for jobs in the city.

Chongqing, China: Somebody told a joke?

Wichita, USA: Truck driver Darrell in front of his tractor unit, which he keeps parked in his driveway.

Hebei, China: Autumn myst. The road vanishes in the whiteness.

Vladivostok, Russia: Young and old fishermen in the harbor. Also, a bottle of vodka.

Karakol, Kyrgyzstan: School children from different ethnic backgrounds studying Chinese.

Bavaria, Germany: Morning in the woods.

Bishkek, Kyrgystan: Cloth for sale in Osh Bazaar.

Kashgar, China: Two little Uighurs in the freshly renovated old town.

Guilin, China: Two friends, a bicycle and an almost dried up lake.

Gansu, China: Encounter with nine zucchinis on a country road.

Lhasa, China: Prayer flags.

Shaanxi, China: Southern peak of Huashan.

Vladivostok, Russia: Girls playing with their sticker albums in a block in the south part of the city.

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Construction work near La Corniche.

Langfang, China: In a mosque of the Chinese-speaking Hui-minority.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Between T-shirts and pants in Osh Bazaar.

Shaanxi, China: Young truck mechanics at work.

Dubai, UAE: Three friends on the beach in front of one of the most expensive hotels in the world.

Gansu, China: Sowing time.

Dalian, China: Youngster in the former Russian part of the city. The old buildings are to be demolished and rebuilt.