Cloudy in Beijing Blogging about my time in China

Tianjin in photos

Only a two-hour drive away from Beijing is Tianjin, another one of China's largest cities.

I ventured there with my classmates during a day-trip last weekend. Our tour of this vast city of 12 million was short. So I didn't feel like I really had a chance to understand Tianjin. But I did come away with some nice photos. Above is a picture of the cityscape with Tianjin's television tower on the left.

Our first destination was the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, located next to a river that leads out to the sea. The area was crowded with people enjoying the warm weather. I took this picture of some bing tang hulu, a common snack sold on streets in China. The bulbs of red are sugar-coated hawthorn fruits.

We toured the city in our bus, enjoying the views of people and places we passed by. I think we were just as much of a curiosity for this small boy.

One thing I'll always remember about Tianjin are the numerous traffic signs hanging above the city's streets. They range from those reminding people to not throw trash out of their windows to this one about drunken driving. "Drunkenness is in the alcohol, ruin is in the cup," this sign reads.

Tianjin has one very unique attraction. The city is the only one in the world to have built a Ferris wheel on top of a bridge. People can ride the wheel while drivers below can look up at them. It's appropriately called the "Eye of Tianjin."