Urban snail

The new Atyrau pedestrian bridge over Yesil River, built for the 20th birthday of the capital city of Kazakhstan. The outer shell of the bridge resembles fish scales — the symbol of the Atyrau region; the decorative structure of the bridge consists of 2,450 aluminum petals, each of them has a unique shape.

Leftover

On the former Expo 2010 area a Jumbo Jet was assembled for the Aviator Theme Park, which also closed down. With the help of Boeing engineers who worked for nearly eight months, the plane was dismantled into 2'895 parts, which were shipped to Shanghai in 85 containers.

Wind

Car storage in Pudong

Wrong turn..

An unexpected sight in the middle of a densely populated quarter of Hong Kong - it's a shopping mall and food court, made of concrete..

Secret gardens

A semi-abandoned old village in Guangdong Province, near Kaiping Diaolou (a World Heritage Site). Every little piece of land is cultivated - and nature has taken back the rest...

Dinnertime

Tulous ("earth buildings") are unique dwellings in Fujian province, built by the Hakka people. This round-shaped one has been converted into a little hotel, where guests have their meals in the courtyard.

Shanghai morning

Sunrise in Shanghai, with gathering clouds over Pudong, the modern business district on the Eastern bank of the Huangpu River.