Our night in Beijing was spent at the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.
Here's an upclose shot of the almight Chairman Mao.
Is it me, or does he have a wart on his chin area???
Soldiers march...
Entrance to Forbidden City
Brian was trying to hook up with one of the street peddlers in front of Forbidden City.
It was freezing cold this night...we got back in the car and headed to dinner.
Dinner was quite interesting, we went for peking duck.
Ryan decided to get a little risky with his food and went straight for the game. Straight for the head. He dipped the chicken head in sauce and ate it...I'll never forget this ever again.
Doesn't he look like a drunken idiot below...
After that, he proceeded to eat also the duck head. He truly now had a cock fight in his stomach. He then said, "the loser of the cock fight will come out of my asshole in the morning." YOUNG!
The next morning we went to check out the Temple of Heaven before our flight to Guangzhou.
Vavoom...here we are...Charlie, myself and Brian
The FF Power Rangers were back into play again
While we were walking through the temple, we saw a big group of children singing. It was kind of moving...
We ran into some people throwing rings at each other and catching them with their neck...Brian got in on the action
Next we hit up the temple of sound. This place is trippy. You can basically stand at one point in this place and talk into the wall and another person on the complete opposite side can hear you and vice versa. Nuts!
After all of this, we rushed to the airport to go to South China, Guangzhou specifically. Just went there for a few hours and then headed to Hong Kong. Had a great dinner there with jeanman.
It was damn hot in Hong Kong, unlike North China where it was freezing cold.
First stop was to local fabric market, where we were selecting some fabrics for next year's development.
While we were on the search, we saw this lady pulling a bag that was bigger than her...kinda funny.
Headed to the womens market, this place was hysteria. Had to get out of there after an hour, too many crowds too many people.
After all that walking, went to grub the best burger, maybe ever.
Hong Kong at night is real dope...
The Christmas lights in HK were pretty crazy.
The next night, we went to party at Dragon I and Volar. It was a wild night had by all, as usual.
Why is it that every damn city I'm in the nightlife photo always starts off like this. Damn Five Four guys are always partying and toasting to the good life.
Starting off the night with a champagne toast always puts everyone in good spirits.
However, following it up with shots of Jagermeister always leads to good stories...
Three stooges...Ryan, Andres and Brian
Stacey had some tension after hanging out one week in China with four animals..
We then went to Volar where the night didn't stop...Ryan here tries to show his skill with straws and the ladies.
International Ballllllinnnnnnnn! 2006 was a worldwide year for Brian and I, all over the map. Our last city of the year, Hong Kong was a freakin' blast as usual.
After waking up in a daze, we headed over to Macau via ferry. First we stopped at McDonalds for some much needed grease after that crazy night of partying. As I was eating I noticed a fat cockroach chilling on the wall right behind Ryan. He proceeded to flick it, I think it ricochet into someone's big mac.
One funny name we saw in Hong Kong, was this one below. If you read it like a "Western" man, it sounds pretty funny.
We finally got to Macau and headed to our destination, the Wynn hotel.
The check-in area had these sick gold painted leaves all over the wall, pretty dope.
The view from the room was real nice, unfortunately most of it was filled with tractors and dirt...young!
That night we went over to Fernando's Restaurant, a famous eatery in Macau known for its Portuguese food. What a meal, fit for 3 kings
The next morning, we did it all over again. Had lunch poolside and enjoyed the buffet. The dessert bar was ridiculous...
Got back to Hong Kong. Went to meet with one of our manufacturers, Ian and Pokey. Had a quick bite to eat and a drink with them. Always a pleasure seeing these guys, always on the grind. Chopped it up then had to get to the airport, almost missed our flight, luckily just made it. Good to be back in L.A.
