Peeking while Riding the Coattails
by yoddoy

Comment:
Indeed, most people would see this an an urban
scene although this was taken in a rural Qinghai province of Northeast China (one of the poorest areas of the country). The tiled pavement and the big blue farming vehecle have indeed been deceptive-not to mention the colourful outfits of the kids. The lack of rural feels, of country atmosphere and environment could be attributable to the administrators of Qinghai for being able to present such an image of a "city" life to our DPC colleagues. The very reason to submit this pic is to simply show the cute side of the kids hanging on to one another in such a manner!. Very much appreciated, however, that you kindly took time to comment.:-)

Inflight SARS alert !
by yoddoy

Comment:
Thanks for all the time spent on commenting on this image. It was shot on board a flight from Kunming to Beijing, China (Beijing was finally taken off the watchful list of WHO on 25 June). Yes, all air hostess were masked, but not all passengers wore them on this flight. (Most wore masks in April when the epidemic reached its height). This was a simple self-portrait shot, no prior arrangement or anything. Kind of lucky however that one of the air-hostess was working behind me then, and her appearance helped add some flavour to this otherwise a very bland image. But as one comment has it that this being " a story in one picture ", and for this point alone, I thought the picture did after all carry some value! :-)