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Barada
We went to a place called 室韦 (Shiwei), situated in the Northeastern part of Inner Mongolia. Little wooden houses…
…right on the border of the bear:
I hollered “Да здравствует Ленин!” (“Hail Lenin!”) across the water, in order to befriend the Russians.
There was no answer.
I tried hailing Медве́дев (Medvedev), Merkel, and 胡锦涛 (Hu Jintao).
The horses kept ignoring me.
…
There seemed to be a way under the water leading right over to Russia, to what had supposedly been the other half of the tiny village a long time ago:
…borders have always fascinated me:
For example, this telephone pole belongs to China:
…so do these fields:
…the bird in this bird house in these birch trees is Chinese by residence:
The epitome of arbitrariness.
室韦 doesn’t seem to be bothered by such things though. The village quietly sleeps on the banks of the 额尔古纳 (Ergun) river, raising horses and waiting for tourists to come trickling in from all over the country:
The villagers, who are mostly Chinese of Russian descent, like to warm up in their living rooms, showing family pictures and enjoying high-proof beverages, while it is silent and cold outside.
Once I ventured into the night to take some pictures of the silence and the stars:
There was a dog barking in the distance.
I couldn’t tell if it was Russian or Chinese.
Soundtrack: Bata Illic – “Michaela”
October 23rd, 2009 at 00:13
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October 24th, 2009 at 00:27
Fantastic! ^_____^
October 24th, 2009 at 10:52
Stars very cool~
October 25th, 2009 at 05:54
Very nice post! I'll be waiting for the next one… I think I know what it'll be called… ;-) Just curious which movie you know it from, apparently it's been in several.
October 25th, 2009 at 13:23
super bruderherz, ich möchte mehr kuh- und pferdebilder! :-)
October 27th, 2009 at 00:50
very nice photo. wish you have a good travell.
October 27th, 2009 at 19:43
I haven't been to your site in a while. It's exciting to see you are still exploring and inspiring.
I'm a fan of your photography and now of your writing.
Be back soon:)
November 3rd, 2009 at 14:09
I love the last line!
November 5th, 2009 at 13:22
GuaGua: It's you! :)
magentaD: Yes, Inner Mongolia is fantastic!
purple: They are even more beautiful in the desert.
Dave: Have you figured it out? The movie thing I mean. ;)
Becci: Ich arbeite immer dran!
ricksung: thanks chief.
Karen: Glad you're back!
Christine: :)
January 9th, 2010 at 15:37
having been lived in the south of china for 20+ years, i'm impressed by these pictures of northen china, it really have a different style with here