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In 2013 during our Viking River Cruise in China, we gazed at this scene: the Pudong from The Bund in Shanghai. We marveled at tall buildings, some still under construction, all with futuristic designs and accommodations for millions of workers and visitors in this part of the world. For those of you who have traveled […]
Read More…The Weekly Photo Challenge this week — On the Move — reminded us of the incredible hubbub of motion we observed in Beijing and Shanghai. With our camera held next to the window of the tour bus, we peered into the streets and alleyways trying to get shots of people whizzing by. Their conveyances were […]
Read More…Ailsa’s Travel theme: Illuminated brought back memories of a special night we spent “on our own” during our Viking River Cruise that ended in Shanghai. We began by roaming around Yuyuan Gardens and said our final good-byes to China on The Bund. From our perspective, it seemed that all of Shanghai was illuminated and teeming […]
Read More…Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside If you attend the Beijing Opera, you’ll be given an opportunity (prior to the opening act) to leave your table or seat in the audience and stand at the edge of the stage. There, you’ll get an inside look at how a character in the opera applies his make-up and, with […]
Read More…The Wall’s greatness was evident to us the minute we turned in to the parking lot for the many tour buses and visitors at Badaling. It’s the place where history, culture, and magnificence all come together in China at one iconic landmark. As we wrote about China’s Great Wall in our first post (What’s so […]
Read More…It’s probably on the bucket list of everyone who has ever dreamed of visiting China. After all, it’s listed in the World Cultural Heritage Directory by UNESCO and named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. So, of course, the Great Wall was on our bucket list, too. We wanted to see it, […]
Read More…The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge this week is Focus. Although this picture doesn’t utilize a camera’s ability to focus close-up or far away in a unique manner, it does reveal something mesmerizing about this little girl I saw in Tienanmen Square. Even with thousands of tourists swirling through the square taking pictures, yelling at friends, […]
Read More…A welcome respite from the afternoon sun and long walks through Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City awaited us on our first full day in Beijing. We were headed to the Summer Palace, a peaceful, expansive park complete with lakes, bridges, temples, walkways, and artwork. On the bus, our guide asked us if we would […]
Read More…Who needs entertainment when you’ve got vendors and salespeople all around you? Beijing brought out dozens of hat guys selling collapsible paper hats. Some in rainbow colors. Some plain. But not all hat guys, you understand, are thrilled to be in pictures. The guy below, however, was. He could be on late-night TV — animated hijinks, inside/outside hat routine, […]
Read More…As we strolled through Beijing’s Forbidden City, I caught a glimpse of two children dashing up a ramp near one of the museum rooms. Since I was headed for cooler climes anyway (museum rooms are air conditioned!), I wanted to get a closer look at what was going on. Most tourists were attired as we […]
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