very cool. i really like the contrast between the blue sky and the dark foreground, as well as the effect of the still figures in the background behind the moving ones on the left.

I once heard a story of someone being stopped just across the Mongolian border, missing their passport, about to be taken to the jail until they could verify that he was American. It was just after getting off a plane -- and this is exactly how I pictured that scene in the story.

great!