For some reason, I have been thinking a lot about my time in China lately. More specifically, my first year in China. The year when everything was fresh, crazy, wild and foreign. The year when my concept of China was based for the most part on that crazy little city called Zibo.
Today, I remembered that I have still have some pictures from that first year in China floating around the internet. This was pre-digital camera for me, so these photographs are not of the best quality. But I think they capture the natural beauty and fresh air that absolutely slapped me in the face upon my first China adventure beyond the confines of Shandong. So to celebrate China Nostalgia Day, may I present to you: Spring Festival 2003 pictures, brought to you by Hainan, Kunming, Xishuangbanna, Dali, Nanning and Yangshuo. Those were the days when I was wide-eyed and innocent, still a year or two away from the cynical beast I am today. Enjoy.