Category Archives: Photography
Overseas Project: Day Ten Part 2 Ordos University
After our tour of Kangbashi we when to Ordos University, the second time Overseas Project students have visited. After a warm welcome, the first activity was some group discussions, where students from Nottingham and Ordos Universities shared views and asked questions of each other. Here we see Ordos students asking questions of one of the [...]
Overseas Project: Day Ten Part 1 Kangbashi
After one of our few relaxed mornings we headed to Kangbash, a new district in Ordos about 30km from the centre of Dongsheng. Kangbashi has been built as a city housing about 1 million people, though as yet almost nobody lives there. We all noticed how quiet and peaceful the place was, with almost no [...]
A new camera
I've bought a new portable camera, a Panasonic GF1. Here are a couple of sample photographs and some initial thoughts.
Kolkata China Town and the Communist Party
I have finally finished two hectic weeks of travel through India for work and having worked every weekday and two weekends, a day off was in order. Given my interest in China, I had a wonder through China Town. It was quite different to the last one I visited (in Liverpool) and seemed to reflect [...]
Overseas Project: Day 13 Terracotta Warriors