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We find a simple restaurant in Shanghai and Mark get a bowl of beef noodle. He seems happy.

He is showing off his skill of chopsticks.

The landmark of Shanghai. But the banks are closed due to construction.

So people have to take photos far away. Photo taken by Mark

Construction plot and a series of old buildings from the concession period of Shanghai. Photo taken by Mark

Now those buidlings are playing other roles. For example, this is a buidling of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Photo taken by Mark

Mark stands in front of the tower.

Swarms of people and cars. Photo taken by Mark

Construction at the bank. Photo taken by Mark

Construction at the bank. Photo taken by Mark

A ghost car. Photo taken by Mark

I guess Mark wants to make a picture of “Shanghai at Night”. Photo taken by Mark

The top sign tells us it is a temparay bus stop. The middle one reads “we welcome guests from all over the world”. The bottom one reads(not very clear, I have to guess) “Do not smoke in public places”. Photo taken by Mark

It is all about the skyline, a ghost car and an quasi-invisible human being. Photo taken by Mark

A better view of the same things except that quasi-invisible human being(perhaps now it is truely invisible). Photo taken by Mark

Yet another. Photo taken by Mark

Yes, lots of construction. Whose head is it? Photo taken by Mark

The caption must be made otherwise who can tell that it is “Blues and Jazz”? Photo taken by Mark

I think it is near one end of the famous walking street in Shanghai. Photo taken by Mark

Bank of East Asia? Photo taken by Mark

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Mark says it reminds him of the Time Square. But this is the walking street of Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Photo taken by Mark

Sea of people, sea of cabs. Photo taken by Mark

The walking street of Nanjing Road. Photo taken by Mark

And Mark is there!

McDonald! Photo taken by Mark

We jump into that sea of people, although it is about 10:00PM. Photo taken by Mark

Many stores on the sides. Photo taken by Mark

Mark wants to get a better picture. Photo taken by Mark

It reads:“The Walking Street of Nanjing Road”.

We are at the square of Shanghai Railway Station...

...with a clock tower behind us...

...which tells the time and reminds people of the coming Shanghai Expo 2010.

Mark stand proudly at the entrance of the station. We are leaving for Hefei(合肥).

The sleeping carriage.

The square of Hefei Railway Station. Photo taken by Mark

Since it is the early morning, (around 6:00), there are not so many people. Photo taken by Mark

Advertisements at top of buildings. Photo taken by Mark

The first breakfast in China. Photo taken by Mark

I don't need chopsticks! Photo taken by Mark

Mark is excited so he takes lots of pictures. I used to be familiar with this area. Photo taken by Mark

The restaurant in which we have the breakfast. According to its name, it features chicken. Photo taken by Mark

Mark is a studnet of USTC! (University of Science and Technology of China, my college)

It is a garden ahead. Photo taken by Mark

The main gate of the east campus of USTC. Photo taken by Mark

Teaching Buidling II, I used to spend lots of time here. There is a statue of Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, the physicist. Photo taken by Mark

Mark in a Chinese dormitory

East Campus of USTC . Photo taken by Mark

Basketball courts and tennis courts. That fancy building in the middle is not part of USTC! Photo taken by Mark

I guess it is the buding of dept. of modern physics. Photo taken by Mark

The building at the left bottom corner is the auditorium. This picture also contains part of my shoulder. Photo taken by Mark

Dormitory buildings. I used to live in one of them for my freshman year( the tall one in the middle with red roof). Photo taken by Mark

What? Photo taken by Mark

梁宇峰, Mark Gatheman, 闵百里

The buding behind the big pine tree is the so-called student center.

Countryside, viewed from a train. Photo taken by Mark

The train is moving very fast. Photo taken by Mark

We are on a traing leaving from Hefei to Wuhan(武汉). Photo taken by Mark

It takes two hours for this fast train. The route is almost a straight line. We even go through big mountains. So a lot of tunnels are waiting for us. Photo taken by Mark

This line was constructed just after my graduation. That means, I could not enjoy the short trip but had to spend 9 hours in another train which avoided the mountains. Photo taken by Mark

Now we can see that mountains are coming. Photo taken by Mark

A close look at the train. One of the fastest in China. The last photo on June 12.

That is the bedroom. Photo taken by Mark

I am drinking coconut milk. Photo taken by Mark

A palace like building. It used to be an entertainment center for workers but now I guess it is a senior club. Photo taken by Mark

Mark is curious. Photo taken by Mark

A weird creature? Photo taken by Mark

Oh, it is a black hen. Photo taken by Mark

These pictures are taken from my window. Photo taken by Mark

There is a family who pet pigeons. Photo taken by Mark

A residential building just next to mine. Photo taken by Mark

The fense is used in my family for security sake. Photo taken by Mark

Mushrooms being dried. Photo taken by Mark

Neighbors. Photo taken by Mark

Food made by my mom for us. Photo taken by Mark

Vegetables, pork and fish.

Ezhou(鄂州). Photo taken by Mark

another. Photo taken by Mark

A grocery store in which we get beer :) Photo taken by Mark

The square of that store. Photo taken by Mark

A tower which has some history. Photo taken by Mark

A path in the West Hill. Photo taken by Mark

A temple hidden in the hill. Photo taken by Mark

We take those stairs to reach that temple. Photo taken by Mark

A mond in red. :D

Do you want to say something?

Park in a park. Photo taken by Mark

That is actually newly build, although in Han(汉) Dynasty (or sometime near that) style. Photo taken by Mark

It is supposed to a summer palace for a King of Wu(吴王) in the period of Three Kingdoms(三国). Photo taken by Mark

The gate and my head. Photo taken by Mark

A hall in that park. Photo taken by Mark

Yangtze River viewed from that park on top of the West Hill. Photo taken by Mark

Yangtze River is longer than Mississippi. Another city in on the other bank of this river. Photo taken by Mark

The main building of this park. 目穷吴楚 means if you go to top of this tower you can see the all scence in this local area. Photo taken by Mark

City of Ezhou embraced by the West Hill. Photo taken by Mark

another. Photo taken by Mark

Mark and my mom.

Snow beer. According to a news, it sells even better than Bud. Last photo on June 13. Photo taken by Mark

Wuhan(武汉), so-called Oriental Chicago. Photo taken by Mark

Lots of cars. Photo taken by Mark

Lots of buses. Photo taken by Mark

A pool in the park of Yellow Crane Tower. Photo taken by Mark

A gallery of calligraphy. Photo taken by Mark

Goose Pond. Photo taken by Mark

Goose Pond. Photo taken by Mark

Calligraphy in the pavalion. Photo taken by Mark

Calligraphy of the character “Goose”. Photo taken by Mark

Those buildings are not old at all.

Mark on the Bridge

Fish! Photo taken by Mark

A close look at the fish

Willows, pond, fish: elements of Chinese painting. Photo taken by Mark

Red and Black. Photo taken by Mark

A western figure in a eastern painting.

Yellow Crane Tower(黄鹤楼), rebuild in 1980s

In the front of the park. Photo taken by Mark

江山入画 literally means the river and the mountains are part of a painting. Photo taken by Mark

Traditional style hidden in modern buildings. Photo taken by Mark

It is so hot that not so many people are in the park. Photo taken by Mark

Yellow Crane Tower! Photo taken by Mark

The origin of the name. Photo taken by Mark

In history the tower was destroyed and rebuilt for several times.

Althoght it was built about 20 years ago, but still preserved lots of traditional elements.

The story about the tower. Photo taken by Mark

Wuhan is also called the home of yellow cranes. Photo taken by Mark

The story goes like: the is a god riding a yellow crane and flies away, leaving a tower on the land. Photo taken by Mark

Columns and ceiling is still in the traditional way, although there are two elevators in this tower! Photo taken by Mark

But we decide to climb the stairs. Photo taken by Mark

On the tower, we can see things near and far away. Photo taken by Mark

City of Wuhan, Photo taken by Mark

This is the first bridge over the Yangtze River. 武汉长江大桥 Photo taken by Mark

Television station tower. Photo taken by Mark

A church! Photo taken by Mark

That pavalion is also part of the park. Photo taken by Mark

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Which floor? Photo taken by Mark

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That bridge. Both cars and trains can take advantage of that. Photo taken by Mark

Although there are now several bridges over the Yangtze River in this city but the traffic here is still busy. Photo taken by Mark

The park is near the Yangtze River. Photo taken by Mark

Before we leave this tower, we look at the mossaic painting again.

岳飞，a famous general in Southern Song Dynasty(南宋) Photo taken by Mark

Mark is reluctant to have this picture taken.

Gates. Photo taken by Mark

Mark thinks this crane has some mental problem. Photo taken by Mark

A pond in Guiyuan Temple (归元寺). Photo taken by Mark

Crowds of turtles. Photo taken by Mark

They are not afraid of the sun. Photo taken by Mark

Actually it is very hot, but the turtles do not care. Photo taken by Mark

We are about to enter that temple.

The tablet shows the name of the temple.

On the right it is the main hall.

It says if you can throw a coin into the hole of the top of that incense burner, you will get wealth. Photo taken by Mark

It is a big temple. Photo taken by Mark

Worship is even done outside halls. Photo taken by Mark

And here is one example. Photo taken by Mark

What does he think? So commercial that it is not a place of worship?

Behind me there is also a pond, and you can also assume that there are plenty of turtles. Photo taken by Mark

This hall is dedicated to store the Budhism texts. Or it is like a library.

The name is written there. Also the wood sculpture is cool.

In the middle it is still a place for worship, also with some exhibition of some treasures.

With their mom.

I want to take a nap.

One wall in the temple. The words on it is a common phrase in Budhism.

A huge statue. Photo taken by Mark

You can also do worship here. Photo taken by Mark

Now we are back in Ezhou. This is a temple in an island in the Yangtze River.

Of course there are ships in the river.

It is cool to hang out near the river in the sunset.

We are almost standing in the water.

Ships and the temple.

Many people are hanging out in the park on the bank of the river. They even play badminton when it is dark. Last photo on June 14.

We are about to leave for Beijing(北京). So it is the last photo of us in my house.

We are at the Wuhan Railway Station. Lots of people are waiting for their trains.

It is time for boarding. The last photo on June 15. We are going to spend the night in the train.

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