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China. Land of Wonder, Beauty, History, Culture and Enchantment.
Welcome. My pleaseure to present the photos from our recent trip to China, July, 2000. I have photos from Shanghai, Shaowu City, Wuyishan City, Fuzhou, Xiamen. Showing, among others, the Wuyi Mountains and the Taiwan Straight. From a hard climb in the mountains, to a bamboo raft down a river to swimming and "Jet Skiing" in the Taiwan Straight. A wonderful, most memorable trip. And China has much more beauty to offer. I hope to see much more of such a wonderful Country.
Please be aware though that all the photos on my entire Web Site are copyrighted and may not be downloaded or used in any way without my express permission.
Beijing and Shanghai are also in different cooking regions of China so the food is much different, but very good in both.
Click on small photo to view the large version
Shanghai 2000. Bigger! Better! More beautiful. We arrived on a Friday evening and toured the City again. There is much new construction. I did not even recognize some of the places I visited last year.
Shanghai is still a beautiful city. I went for a haircut, but in Shanghai, you don't just get a haircut, it's an event! Shampoo, massage and cut.
Nanjing Lu is a pedestrian walkway now. No cars or busses. There's these motorized "trolley's" you can ride from one end to the other. No, it wasn't raining. The umbrella's were to protect from the unusually hot sun. Nanjing Lu, day or night is beautiful.
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New Shanghai City Museum.
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Housing in Pudong.
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Got a Haircut!.
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Modern Bicycle Parking.
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Room for more!.
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Nanjing Lu.
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Nanjing Lu.
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Nanjing Lu at night.
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Nanjing Lu at night.
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Morning rush hour!.
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Morning rush hour!.
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Taken from a
friend\'s home.
TO WUYISHAN
Off to visit the South of China. Well, not all the way south. As far as Xiamen. On the train for Fuzhow, a 17 hour trip. See the train photos on my China Rail page. Wound up getting off at Shaowu City. Boarded a bus for Wuyishan. It was a 1 hour trip through "rural" China. Very beautiful. Arrived at the hotel, got settled and made arrangements for our touring. The hotel management was very helpful, and arranged everything including our train tickets from Wuyishan to Fuzhou.
We went to the Wuyi Mountains, took a bamboo raft trip down a river and visited an park with ancient tea trees and was treated to a real Chinese tea ceremony.
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Our bus to Wuyishan.
I got to ride in front!.
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Some of the local traffic.
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A short walk to the hotel.
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Guanghua Hotel
Highly recommended!
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A rice farmer
tends his crop.
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Taken from
the hotel room.
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Entering the park.
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The famous
twin peaks.
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Two hour climb
to the top.
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Narrow passage.
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About half way up!
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Huffing and puffing!
Can you see the walkway?
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Magnificent view
from the top!
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Another breathtaking view!
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The river.
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The river.
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See the raft?
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Starting on our
2 hour river trip.
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Follow the leader?.
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Boatman points to an
unusual rock formation.
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We were up there!
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See the Pagoda?
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Another view of the
half way point.
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Tea Ceremony.
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In 1996 and 1997 I visited Beijing. I was told if I liked Beijing I wouldn't like Shanghai but that was far from the truth. I liked them both.
They're different Cities. I think Beijing is more the "cultural" City with the museums, cultural relics historical sites and close to the Great Wall. Beijing seems to be more of the "souvenir" city. Shanghai reminds me more of a business and financial center. Of course there's museums in Shanghai and the Buddhist Temple, but not as much as in Beijing.
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Great Wall at Badaling.
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Old City Gate.
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Tian'anmen Square.
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Tian'anmen Square.
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Fuxingmenwai Ave.
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Fuxingmenwai Ave.
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Fuxingmenwai Ave.
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Fuxingmenwai Ave.
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Fuxingmenwai Ave.
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Shi Kow.
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Shi Kow.
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Flea Market.
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Summer Palace
Entrance.
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Forbidden City.
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Street Scene.
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Shopping Dist.
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Street Scene.
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Fragrant Hills Park.
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Fragrant Hills Park.
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Fragrant Hills Park.
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Grandwiew Garden.
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Grandwiew Garden.
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Grandwiew Garden.Chinese Music
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Shanghai--Shanghai.
Everything you could want to know about Shanghai! Great Site!
The Gateway to Chinese Culture.
This site has it all, from Acupuncture to Herbs to Music and Art. Visit them!
China Books and Periodicals, Inc. Since 1960 China Books has been devoted to publishing and distributing books from and about China to booksellers, librarian, institutions and individuals. Also have videos and CD's.
Here are links to other pages featuring Chinese subjects. All are in English but a few also have Chinese so don't worry about being able to read them.
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