City of Urban Monkeys

**I have heard about the tragic bombings in Mumbai, I am safe and sound in Beijing. I will be studying in the southern part of India starting on the 2nd, and I will not be near Mumbai, and I will be careful.**

There are a lot of skyscrapers here in Beijing. The people here are like monkeys, spending most of their life above ground level, only replace the trees for these really tall buildings.






Jeremy was really excited to point out that you could see the mountains in the distance today... good air quality day.


The above pictures are taken from Jeremy's 23rd floor apartment. The below pictures are from around town.











On Sunday we took a 30 minute taxi to CCTV (China Central TV) which is on the outer side of Beijing. For 30 minutes all I saw was skyscrapers... I kept waiting for things to shift and see short houses or mountains or water, or something, but it never came. Definitely left me feeling a bit claustrophobic. What a city!