I've posted to YouTube a video of the trip I took to Changhbaishan last summer with Mrs. Imagethief and my father. It took me the better part of a year to get around to editing it, but here it is. Changbaishan is the rugged mountain range that divides northeast China from the Korean peninsula. There is a "nature reserve" a few hours drive outside of the town of Yanji, and that's where we went. It's a beatiful area, but also a major tourism waystation. As always, we had a pretty good time.

Changbaishan video

This was shot on Mrs. Imagethief's point-and-shoot digital camera, which also has a video function. I did a few make-it-up-as-I-go standups and cut those together with other footage mostly taken by Mrs. Imagethief and some of my photographs. There was a lot of a wind noise, so I've subtitled a couple of spots it might otherwise be hard to make out what is being said. It's a hair under ten minutes. Enjoy.

The next video project is the Lion City underwater video, also shot last summer and since languishing on my hard drive. That will be a bit of a chore, since I shot a lot more video on an actual video camera and will want to assemble it into something coherent for people actually interested in diving that location. I'm planning to work on it over the National Day golden week. Stay tuned. 

Previously:

Imagethief and the hell of yurts: Video companion
A few underwater video shots from the Lion City

Related:

An interesting article on the border region from Asia Times Online.