Beijing 2: The People (北京人)

I found some interesting people around the city, as you can see. . .

 

This guy was crossing along a busy avenue, carrying all that stuff all by himself, mostly empty bottles and containers. Amazing. He does symbolize the hard working chinese spirit (though precarious..), doesn't he?

The people on the right are my friend Bo Zhang and his family. He can speak a number of languages, very gifted. They received me in their house and one evening his mom cooked us this delicious meal!

 

 

 

 

I  met some foreigners in Beijing, of course. There are many people coming here for work and business, cultural interchange or just travelling, above left that's me with a group of italians. A group of youngsters coming for the 1st of May celebrations, a man at the park who fashions figures from caramel (really nice!), a family from Sichuan who runs a modest restaurant serving the spicy hot-pot, and also a "pilgrim" to the island in the middle of the city park: swimming to the temple and back on a sunday afternoon.