Lijiang Impressions

Lijiang Impressions, originally uploaded by Zerstorer.

It’s coming to 3 months since I first started work as a photojournalist at MYPAPER and the days seem to pass in a flash. Working hours tend to be long, but that’s to be expected as we are a small team where each and every member has an important part to play.

It seems not too long ago that I was still holidaying in China, enjoying the fresh mountain air and taking in the scenic vistas that surrounded me. Let me kickstart this blog by posting a photo that I took a couple of months back when I was holidaying in Yunnan. This was a more reflective shot taken in “ancient” town of Lijiang. It turned out that the there was nothing really ancient there apart from the general appearance, for much of it has actually been rebuilt after it was destroyed in a quake. Moreover, the whole town was filled with pubs, alfresco dining and drunken revelry from hordes of tourists flocking there as a stopover point in their Yunnan tour. Hardly the rustic, laidback town one would expect.:)