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Alaskan Sunset

Mathew — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:27:06 +0000

Sunset near Soldotna Alaska

Southeast Asia Pictures

Mathew — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:00:54 +0000

I have placed all my pictures from my recent trip to Southeast Asia online. Direct links for each country are below.

Ko Tao Island

Mathew — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:13:49 +0000

More Scorpion Shots

Mathew — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:15:31 +0000

Here are better shots of the scorpions and grasshoppers I eat in Beijing.

Kaifeng

Mathew — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:29:13 +0000

Luoyang City

Mathew — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:41:08 +0000

A few shots around Luoyang city. I went shopping for a few souvenirs and ran across a shop that sell nothing but large springs. Now if i only know what they were used for… my guess is agricultural equipment.

Hua Mountain

Mathew — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:16:45 +0000

I visited Hua Mountain, 2 hours away from Xi’an by bus, this week. The mountain is one of the 5 holly Taoists mountains in China. I did not have time to clime to the top, but did make it part of the way up.

Xi’an City

Mathew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:28:26 +0000

A few pictures from around the city of Xi’an.

Night Shots of Xi’an

Mathew — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:03:54 +0000

I took a few long exposure night shots in Xi’an. Here are the ones that came out.

Terracotta Soldiers

Mathew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:56:02 +0000

I saw the Terracotta Soldier’s Army outside of Xi’an this week. The army consists of about 8,000 clay solders with about 1,000 of them restored to their original condition. The others have been left how they were found; in pieces when the underground area they are kept in was burnt down by the pesents a year after the construction of the army. The fire caused the roof to collapase in and dirt to cover all the solders.

Pingyao

Mathew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:16:06 +0000

Pictures from the ancient city of Pingyao. This city is famous as it is one of the few cities in China with it’s original walls intact. The old portion of the city looks like it is stuck in 1850.

Datong Pictures

Mathew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:05 +0000

A few pictures from Datong. I will post the rest of my pictures to my main gallery later.

Olympics Stadium

Mathew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:45:37 +0000

Here are some view of the new 2008 Olympics complex in Beijing.

Temple of Heaven Park

Mathew — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:02:07 +0000

Pictures from the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing.

Who said Motorcycles are Fast

Mathew — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:51:59 +0000

I saw this bike (okay, actually its a trike) outside of Tienanmen square in Beijing and had to take this picture.

Final Day in Beijing

Mathew — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:01:31 +0000

Today was my last day in Beijing. I am going to Datong tomorrow. After this city, I may detour into Mongolia for a few days or head South to a city near Xi’an.

Here are a few more pictures around Beijing, including the Temple of Heaven park and the new Olympic Stadium.

Beijing Sights

Mathew — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:01:26 +0000

Yesterday I made it inside the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. The weather did not always cooperate (it started raining later in the day) but the sights were still interesting.

Beijing

Mathew — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:31:31 +0000

I arrived in Beijing yesterday. While it was misting and foggy all day, I was still able to make it to to a couple of the more famious places, Tienanmen square and the Forbidden City, and will continue exploring today.

Construction in China

Mathew — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:13:42 +0000

While walking around Harbin recently I found about a 15 block area in the middle of town that was being prepared for modern apartment and office buildings. However, as the area already has buildings, they have to need to be torn down first. The scene was quite different from construction (or demolition) sites I have seen before.

Taikang

Mathew — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:58:21 +0000

Last weekend I finally got out of the city and went to a small town near Mongolia with a few friends. We stayed in a semi-traditional Mongolian tent a few miles out of town. It was nice to see the stars for once. The next day we went to a nearby lake.

Dragon Boat Festival

Mathew — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:44:21 +0000

Yesterday was a national holiday in China and I went to the main shopping district in Harbin to check out the action. (Information about the Dragon Boat Festival can be found here.)

Some pictures from yesterday.

Harbin Panorama

Mathew — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:38:17 +0000

Here are a few scenes of downtown Harbin viewed from across the river.

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San Francisco Skyline

Mathew — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:48:32 +0000

Below are a few pictures and a movie of the San Francisco Skyline I took last month.

The first two images were taken as the sun was rising.

This video was taken from an elevator in the St. Francis hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco (located here). Each beep is indicates the elevator is a floor higher.

Harbin Pictures

Mathew — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:21:59 +0000

Below are a few picture taken around the city of Harbin, China.

More pictures can be found here.

New Camera

Mathew — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:48:33 +0000

I just got a new camera and have been playing around with it a bit. Below is a time lapse video taken while driving.