Friday, April 30, 2010

RIP 2wheels blog: 2005 - 2010

Following the announcement by Google that it will no longer support blogs which, like this one, are maintained by FTP, it will not be possible to continue publishing the 2wheels blog in its current form.

This will therefore be the final message on this channel. No further transmissions will be made.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.

The Lord Google giveth, and the Lord Google taketh away.

Goodbye, over, and out - and thanks for all the fish.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Yushu (Jyegu / Jyekundo), Qinghai, China - before the earthquake: April 2006

Photographs from Yushu (Jyegu / Jyekundo), before the earthquake.


Looking north-east over Yushu town



Yushu (Jyegu) town from the south-west



Children's rides in the park in Yushu (Jyegu), Qinghai, China


Prayer flags on the hillside above Yushu



Prayer flags on the hillside above Yushu


Yushu town centre


Buildings around the monastery at Jyegu / Yushu, Qinghai, China


Buildings just outside the centre of Yushu


Hearts graffiti on earth wall, Yushu / Jyegu, China


Yak statue, central square, Yushu (Jyegu), Qinghai, China


Classroom, school, Yushu (Jyegu / Jyekundo), Qinghai, China
Statue of King Gesar, Yushu



Jiegu Movie Theater, central square, Yushu, Qinghai, China


A boy looks up at the giant statue of King Gesar in Yushu, Qinghai, China


Men experiment boiling a kettle on a solar cooker in Yushu (Jyegu), Qinghai, China


Supermarket in Yushu, Jyegu, Qinghai, China


Prayer wall in Yushu county near Jyegu town, Qinghai, China