Shanghai - The Bund
Apartments in Shanghai
Shanghai - from The Bund
Shanghai - Yu Garden
Shanghai - public park
Shanghai - rug factory
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum - wine vessel, 13th-11th century B.C.
Hangzhou - West Lake
Hangzhou - Jim
Hangzhou - near LingYin Temple
Hangzhou - near Lingyin Temple
Lingyin Temple
burning incense at Lingyin Temple
tea plantation near Hangzhou
Suzhou - “Venice of the Orient”
canal boat pilot in Suzhou
Suzhou residences
local tourists in Suzhou
Suzhou
unwinding silk from cocoons
street market in Suzhou
visitors to the Garden of the Master of Nets, Suzhou
Suzhou - Garden of the Master of Nets
“Jack” and Sandy
Suzhou - embroidery
Suzhou - morning exercise
Yangtze River below dam
Yangtze River
truck ferry on Yangtze River
boat building along Yangtze River
street market in village near Three Gorges Dam
village near Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam, still 24 meters below capacity in Oct. 2007
fisherman at approach to locks of Three Gorges Dam
locks of Three Gorges Dam
entering a lock at Three Gorges Dam
waiting for the water to rise in lock
village along reservoir above Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam reservoir
passing close to a cliff in reservoir
new town along Three Gorges reservoir
new town along Three Gorges Reservoir with funicular for water access
side trip to Shennong Stream
sampan going upstream
misty mounts approaching Shennong Stream
streamside residence
Jim and Sandy on Shennong Stream side trip
sampans awaiting passengers
passing time
rowing up Shennong Stream
as stream gets shallow, rowers get out to pull sampans
towing a sampan
easier going back down Shennong Stream
returning home
gathering brush
back on the Yangtze, our sister ship
Buddhist Temple above Fengdu “City of Ghosts”
Buddhist Temple above Fengdu
gate at Buddhist Temple above Fengdu
citrus tree in Buddhist Temple above Fengdu
Buddhist Temple, Fengdu
vendors near Fengdu
street market near Fengdu
back on the Yangtze
Sandy and “Becky” on Yangtze River cruise
Chongqing zoo - giant panda zoned out
Chongqing - central business area
Li River near Guilin - cooking on back of boat
Li River
snail vendor along Li River
souvenir vendor on Li River
trying to make a sale
Sandy on Li River
vendor on Li River
water buffalo on Li River
fisherman on Li River
village at end of Li River excursion
Guilin - practicing traditional instruments
Guilin - making a delivery
Guilin - curbside shoe repair and polish
Guilin - cormorant fisherman
Guilin - girls in traditional tribal dress
Guilin
ascending one of the limestone peaks in Guilin
on top of a peak in Guilin
Guilin - Reed Flute Cave
three-wheeler
Xian warriors
Xian warriors and horses
terra cotta horses at Xian
Xian warriors as found
Tang dynasty entertainment in Xian
Jinan city park and mineral springs
Jinan - practicing English
Jinan main square
Jinan - picking out a live fish at supermarket
Jinan - available in supermarket
melon vendor along Yellow River near Jinan
Jinan
Jinan - near Yellow River
cable car up Mt. Tai
Mt. Tai - collection of locks left by visitors, representing wishes
locks left at Mt. Tai
one of gates to Mt. Tai
visitors arriving at Mt. Tai gate after long climb
approaching the top of Mt. Tai
summit of Mt. Tai with more locks
Mt. Tai
2000-year-old cypress tree at Dai Temple below Mt. Tai
Dai Temple
roof detail at Dai Temple
Dai Temple - split pants common with small children
Qufu - street market
Qufu - squid on a stick at street market
Qufu - gate through old city wall
Qufu - “John”, best guide in China
Qufu - memorial to Confucius
Qufu - roof detail at memorial to Confucius
Qufu - school kids visiting Confucius memorial
Qufu
Beijing - Forbidden City
Beijing - Forbidden City - roof detail indicating emperor's domain
Beijing - Forbidden City - local tourists
Beijing - Jim at entrance to Forbidden City
Beijing - city gate at about 4 p.m. with sun obscured by smog
Beijing - “Peking” Opera
attaching wire in cloisonne factory
filling spaces with paint in cloisonne factory
red hot vase just removed from a firing
Great Wall
Jim and Sandy on Great Wall
Beijing - Summer Palace
painting a poem with water at Beijing Summer Palace
“long corridor” at Summer Palace
gate at Summer Palace
Marble Boat at Summer Palace - late afternoon sun obscured by smog
visitors to Summer Palace
