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 Beijing Airport - We have arrived |
 A long way from Swansea |
 CCTV HQ Beijing |
 Kerry Hotel room toilet |
 Check out the instructions |
 My favourite menu special |
 Zhangyangmen archery tower at the beginning of Tiananmen square |
 Zhangyangmen gate in Tiananmen square |
 Zhangyangmen gate in Tiananmen square |
 Tiananmen square with the Monument of the people's heroes and the Great Hall of the People |
 Tiananmen square with the Monument of the people's heroes and the Great Hall of the People |
 People's sculpture |
 Looking towards the Forbidden City |
 Planted for National Day and just before Congress meeting |
 Tiananmen square with the Monument of the people's heroes and the Great Hall of the People |
 Tiananmen gate in front of Forbidden City |
 Tongzi Moat in front of Forbidden City |
 The Meridian Gate |
 The Gate of Supreme Harmony |
 Water container in square before the Hall of Supreme Harmony |
 The Hall of Supreme Harmony |
 Dragon turtle |
 Incense burner |
 Crane |
 Enjoying the Forbidden City |
 Inside Hall of Middle Harmony |
 Inside Hall of Middle Harmony |
 Inside Hall of Preserving Harmony |
 Become an emperor for a small fee |
 Be photographed with me for a small fee |
 In front of Palace of Gathered Elegance (1420) |
 Item in Palace of Gathered Elegance residence of imperial consorts |
 Item in Palace of Gathered Elegance |
 Item in Palace of Gathered Elegance |
 Imperial Garden (1420) |
 Imperial Garden (1420) |
 Hall of Imperial Peace |
 Paving in Imperial Garden (1420) |
 The Spiritual Valour Gate |
 Just one of the lunch venues |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 'The Legend of Kung Fu' |
 Ann at the Great Wall of China |
 Enjoying our holiday |
 China has a lot of mountains |
 The Great Wall of China |
 The Great Wall of China |
 The meeting place at The Great Wall of China |
 Autumn comes to the Great Wall |
 The entrance to the jade museum |
 Jade lions at the entrance of the jade museum |
 Jade galleon at the entrance of the Jade Museum |
 Artisan at the Jade Museum |
 Jade work |
 Jade work |
 The jade show room |
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 Olympic water box |
 Olympic bird's nest |
 Pickford's removals |
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 Rickshaw ride in hutongs of Old Beijing |
 Rickshaw ride in hutongs of Old Beijing |
 Stop off visit home in hutong |
 Tea time |
 Demonstrating painting inside bottles |
 Some of her work |
 Some of her work |
 At work |
 In the hutongs |
 Playing hacky sack Chinese style |
 This girl was good |
 A master |
 Hacky Sack is a weighted feather |
 The ancient Bell Tower, Beijing |
 The other end of square |
 The official tea ceremony and taster session |
 The official tea ceremony and taster session |
 Xian 5 star hotel room |
 Xian 5 star hotel room |
 Entrance to museum of terracotta army |
 Terracotta army - hall 1 |
 Terracotta army - hall 1 |
 Terracotta army - hall 1 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 workshop |
 Terracotta army - hall 3 |
 Terracotta army jigsaw |
 Headless warriors |
 Terracotta horses |
 Classic warriors in the museum |
 Classic warriors in the museum |
 Classic warriors in the museum |
 Getting ready for the tourists |
 You can be your own warrior - will be shipped to you! |
 Amazing table decoration |
 Peking duck lunch |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show - orchestra |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show |
 Tang dynasty dinner and show |
 Chongqing - The local delivery boys |
 Waiting for work |
 At work |
 Local egg specialties |
 Killing time at the market because 3 Gorges Museum closed |
 They know how to grow veg |
 More veg |
 Spices |
 Don't go further if you are squeamish |
 The meat floor |
 With live eels |
 Frogs |
 Toads |
 Fish |
 Sheep bits |
 Squid |
 Pig's snouts |
 The electricity system |
 Colour coding |
 The People's Suarein |
 Congress hall |
 Congress hall |
 Three Gorges Museum we should have visited instead of market |
 This is how you house the 30M people in Chongqing |
 Chongqing |
 We visited the Joseph Stilwell museum |
 Art work in the museum |
 You want to buy? |
 Venturing onto the chain bridge to the Shibaozhai Temple |
 The very wobbly chain bridge |
 The very, very wobbly chain bridge |
 Female guide with coloured, sparkly contact lenses |
 Shibaozhai Temple |
 Shibaozhai Temple entrance |
 Boy god who never grew up |
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 Don't touch or you'll get preganant! |
 Shibaozhai Temple top |
 Various Gods follow |
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 My favourite - the god of old age |
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 The Gorge almost flooded up to 175 m thanks to the dam. |
 First of the 3 gorges |
 First of the 3 gorges |
 Gorge residence |
 Gorge quay |
 Gorge 3 |
 Gorge 3 |
 Tourist sampan ride |
 Our lovely guide |
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 Trip up the Goddess Stream |
 Wu mountain |
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 Temple of Yu the Great (2200-2100 BC). Wood and no nails |
 Lion outside the temple |
 Yu the Great |
 Roof of the hall |
 Dragon in the hall |
 Moon door to yellow ox |
 Iron tree (Sago Cycas) been here for 1700 yrs |
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 Delivery come rain or shine |
 Rust buckets |
 Fishing for lunch. Not ours I hope. |
 ancient and modern |
 Real sampans |
 Gorge commerce |
 Holiday resort |
 Holiday resort |
 Holiday resort with taxis! |
 Our roon maid earning her tip |
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 It's a hard life aboard 19th Oct |
 Enjoying the sun |
 Guanyindang Primary School reception band 20th October |
 Guard of honour |
 Dancing display |
 Dancing display |
 They even got some of us dancing |
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 Laundry time |
 Sunset |
 On board compere 20th Oct |
 On board entertainment |
 On board entertainment |
 On board entertainment |
 On board entertainment |
 On board entertainment - YMCA |
 Hubei Museum, Wuhan |
 Hubei Museum security. Not a gun in sight. |
 Museum Bell performance |
 Museum Bell performance |
 Museum Bell performance |
 Hubei museum bell performance |
 Museum Bell performance |
 Museum Bell performance |
 The original bells 433 BC |
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 Bronze zun and tray - for wine |
 Hubei museum |
 Hubei museum |
 Hubei museum |
 Wuhan residential |
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 Wuhan at night with wedding boat |
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 Shanghai at night from the Bund |
 Pineapple top was our hotel |
 Entrance to hotel |
 Shanghai museum |
 View from outside Shanghai museum |
 Shanghai museum |
 At least we were in the shorter queue |
 Shanghai back streets |
 Old Shanghai recreated for tourist shopping |
 Starbucks |
 Chinese fast food entrance |
 Yuyuan Garden 1559 |
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 Yuyuan Garden 1559 coy carp feeding time |
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 Beijing tower at night |
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 Last night meal with staff dressed up |
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 Birthdays were celebrated |
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 Shanghai museum |
 Shanghai museum |
 Shanghai museum |
 Shanghai museum |
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