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More photos from Beijing

Clara Hughes, Sunday, August 31, 2008

Calgary, Alberta

This is what I do when up at 4:30 am with jet lag…...

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Mark and I looking tired after being in the sounding room calling the 6 1/2 hour men’s road race- it’s more tired than racing!

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Me and Hayley Wickenheiser (who was there doing the same job I was for softball)

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Two amigos: Mark Connolly and Doug Dirks at the CBC working space in the International Broadcast Center (IBC)

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Me looking sketched-out by the raw meat in front of me….

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and then realizing we cooked the meat in the ‘hot pot’ before eating it!

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‘Phil from McGill’- a 21-year old from Montreal who so graciously showed us around- he was there for 3 months and speaks fluent Mandarin, and was volunteering for the Chinese government to help people like us out

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Nobody goes unnoticed in China

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Ancient cleaning technology

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roadside bicycle assistance


These fix-it shops were everywhere!