Imagine no bridge at all

Dongzhimen Bridge on a rather rainy,

pre-holiday *&* typical Friday evening rush-hour jam

Home-sweet-home on the left

http://ss14.sinaimg.cn/orignal/6449d57949071b982789d&690

Two bridges from JianWai Soho

Southeast view from JianWai Soho

Northeast view from JianWai Soho
GuoMao Bridge

Supermarket Hotel

Conveniently located in the heart of Beijing's Ginza, Wangfujing

No helmets! Yay?

In front of the Canadian embassy at Dongzhimen-wai Road.
Note: I was on a similar bendy-bus when taking this shot.

Motorcycles with sidecars are all the rage with expats in Beijing. You'd be hard-pressed not to see at least one while out the streets in the embassy district of Sanlitun, night or day. Helmets are optional for drivers and their passengers. Of the 74,000 road deaths in China last year, one wonders how many of those needlessly died young.

Stormy day

11:30 am in Beijing

The distant thunder woke me up a few hours before the storm really set in. Sharp cracks of thunder and giant lightning bolts - one after another. Will have to read up on how to catch the lightning on camera. Needless to say, there were several periods of intense downpours of rain - during the one above, the skies were so dark it was like nighttime.

The toll highway less travelled

Spell check

Minimum 60

Minimum 80

Pick a lane, any lane

Wired up

Connected

Two food vendors

Everywhere

Ears

and eyes

Chinese checkers
On the street in Beijing

The confusion begins

Ticketing illegally parked cars - and bikes - on Mainland
Parking was restricted for 1 day only during a TV series shoot

Pick a sign, any sign
Georgia Viaduct @ Beatty Street

Driving North along Boundary Road
Vancouver is on the left
Burnaby is on the right

Banners on the Burrard Bridge
(more on my Flickr page)

Drive-by shooting

Cars may change, but some 'people' don't

Vancouver Police Department Motorcycles
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/operations/traffic/motorcycle/images/2007Group1.JPG

Surprisingly sharp under the clouds at 5am

No, thank *you*!