My first ride on a 747
Arrive in Beijing. Mmm...noodles...
Tons of bike parking everywhere. Wish we had that problem in the States.
Random photo from tour bus.
Eat dog for "enhancing potency". Seriously- this was in the hotel room service menu.
Police in Tiananmen Square
Street hawker selling kites in Square
Tiananmen Square
Me and Mao
Mom and others in our group
Policeman in Tiananmen Square
Cute kid
Mao
Showing off
Cute dress!
More bike parking. *sigh*
Inside the Forbidden City
Pretty umbrellas
Mom and Daniel checkin out the design details
Imperial lion. Pairs are commonly found guarding entrances to imperial buildings.
The female lion of the pair is represented by the baby lion under her paw.
Building in Forbidden city. Forgot which one.
Backside of lion guard.
I like bikes.
Walls inside Forbidden City.
This was a billboard advertisement. Oh. My. God.
Birds Nest stadium in Beijing for 2008 Olympics.
Summer Palace
'Marble' boat at Summer Palace
Dragon boat
Scary cake!
What the...?
McD's ad
Mom at Great Wall
View from Great Wall
Great Wall
lost in translation
Hipsters (notice water bottle carrying device)
Yikes!
This needs no caption.
Temple of Heaven. Grounds used by retirees for dancing, music, card playing activities.
Temple of Heaven
Entrance to restaurant where we had Peking Duck feast.
Dancing queen
Almost all toilets are squatting style. (That's not my pee)
Traditional hutong neighborhood
Clock tower thing (still in Beijing). Notice the superb air quality.
Rickshaw ride. They wouldn't let me pedal the bike.
Steve and Janna.
That's Bill, our National Guide. He was a hoot.
Anything can be hauled on a bike.
No one uses clothes dryers in China.
Cherries by bike
Everyone rides bikes in China. Check out the visor!
Student of school we visited. These were kids of aerospace engineers who live at the school 5 days a week and only see their parents on weekends.
Keeping songbirds is a common hobby.
Groovy little vehicle
We saw a lot of girls riding on the backs of bikes. This was shot from the bus.
Wild Goose Pagoda in town of Xi'an, built in 652! The town square was built around this building and is where I had best running experience ever.
Part of huge four-wall mural made entirely of jade and other stone carvings.
Monks chasing chickens. I nearly peed myself it was so funny.
Top Buddha
Happy Buddha
Mom and Daniel perform Tai Chi in Wild Goose pagoda Square for locals early one morning.
Pushing hands.
Cool kung fu guy practicing in Square
One of many groups of people practicing Tai Chi together in Square early one morning.
Move by bike
This makes no sense. (was on side of garbage can)
Terra Cotta warriors outside Xi'an
Tea tasting after warriors tour.
Rented bikes on Xi'an city wall.
View from City Wall
Cool neighborhoods from City Wall
Look Ma, no brakes!
City Wall guards. Really intimidating, huh?
Entrance to City Wall
With super-human powers!
Now in Shanghai, my favorite city of all.
Can't remember what that was (taken from bus)
Exquisite painting in Shanghai museum
Town square in front of Shanghai Museum. No idea what that sign says.
From the 88th floor of the world's third tallest skyscraper (looking down to the lobby), the Jin Mao building.
The Oriental Pearl TV tower.
The Huangpu river (from the Jin Mao tower).
What is it?
From the Bund.
British concession style architecture, across from the Bund.
Separate bike/scooter lanes. They like bikes.
White Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai
Silk factory
Yu Garden Bazaar in Shanghai
Yu Garden
Starbucks everywhere
Farmers market
Shanghai Acrobats show
Elevator roads in Shanghai
"Beware of the Pond" (!)
Cute silk worms
Grand Canal in Suzhou
Kid painting
A coup in progress?
Scary!
Big brother is watching you
Nanjing Road shopping district
Can you imagine if these were all cars? It would be a parking lot!
On the way to airport
Sign over escalator going up to Maglev train
I didn't take this (Bob in our group took it), but it was from the Chinese "Opera" House.
