World Expo post!

After my third time at the Expo, its about time for a post of photos! from Thursday evening. I got off work and traded two daytime passes for 4 night time passes for my three design buddies who came to visit. Evening is the best time to see the expo because the crowds get tired and go home and the pavilions are lite up beautifully.

Quick rundown of the evening:
-Poland
-Morocco
-India
-Nederlands

Germany had shut down, and Japan and UAE were both packed to the rim. Saudi Arabia's line was so long it basically wrapped around India's pavillion.





Inside Poland. Lots of intricate "paper cut" style walls, backlit, and we sat and watched a very odd film. A family was cracking walnuts around their kitchen table, when suddenly a crowd comes in with flutes of champagne and everyone began to waltz to the next room.


German pavilion side view. We didn't get to go in. long line!


Melee at Nederlands stamping station. There were two rubber stamps strapped to tables and people were frantically trying to get their expo(or real) passports stamped. Including my two buddies you see in the center (White guy and fellow in glasses to the left). At one point my glasses friend yelled "CRAZY WHITE MAN COMING THROUGH!!" in which everyone stopped for 1 second before continuing in chaos. I couldn't even see them, and took this photo on my extender arm to find out!


German and Chinese working together sample bamboo house. Really cool, but we missed it.


whew! tiresome day.