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Album 1: Beijing and the Great Wall | Album 2: Xian and the Terracotta Army | Album 3: Guilin and the Lijiang | Album 4: Kunming and the Stone Forest | Album 5: Chongqing, an overnight stop | Album 6: Yangtze River and the Three Gorges | Album 7: Wuhan: Museums and a quiet lake | Album 8: Hangzhou: Prosperity, tea, and a monastery | Album 9: Wuzhen, an ancient canal town | Album 10: Suzhou: Silk, canals and gardens | Album 11: Shanghai: 16 million people, pet crickets and a museum the shape of a turtle. | Album 12: There and back: Airports

Album 4: Kunming and the Stone Forest

Kunming is where tourists go to see the "Stone Forests" which are actually a long drive from the city. But on
the way you see gum trees beside the road, which is good for us Australians. Our group of seven had several
untimetabled hours to fill because of a change in flight times, and we opted to spend it without our guide in
Kunming's Grandview Park, a beautiful and peaceful place, probably my favourite spot on our Chinese tour.
From the car park at the Stone Forest
From the car park at the Stone Forest		 Minority ladies at the Stone Forest
"Minority" ladies at the Stone Forest		 Film cameras are in the minority
Film cameras are in the minority		 Pool in the stone forest
Pool in the stone forest		 In the stone forest
In the stone forest
In the stone forest
In the stone forest		 Flowers among the rocks
Flowers among the rocks		 View from the top
View from the top		 On the hill above the Stone Forest
On the hill above the Stone Forest		 Ornamental pool, Stone Forest
Ornamental pool, Stone Forest
Old Kunming-Hanoi railway
Old Kunming-Hanoi railway		 Modern electrified line above, old metre-gauge line below
Modern electrified line above, old metre-gauge line below		 Kittens for sale, Kunming
Kittens for sale, Kunming		 Kunming Kebabs
Kunming Kebabs		 Open air market, Kunming
Open air market, Kunming
Pet lizards for sale, Kunming market
Pet lizards for sale, Kunming market		 Pug for sale
Pug for sale		 Crabs, aren' t they?
Crabs, aren' t they?		 Flower seller
Flower seller		 Sign at Grandview Park entrance
Sign at Grandview Park entrance
By the lake in Grandview Park
By the lake in Grandview Park		 Lake's edge, Grandview Park
Lake's edge, Grandview Park		 Lotus Blossom
Lotus Blossom		 Offerings
Offerings		 Grandview Park
Grandview Park
Grandview Park, Kunming
Grandview Park, Kunming		 From the tower, Grandview Park
From the tower, Grandview Park		 From the tower, Grandview Park
From the tower, Grandview Park		 Ornamental Bridge, Grandview Park
Ornamental Bridge, Grandview Park		 Salvia and Bridge
Salvia and Bridge
Reflections
Reflections		 In the same pond
In the same pond		 Beside the lake
Beside the lake		 Beside the lake
Beside the lake		 Dancing lesson in the park
Dancing lesson in the park
Exercise in Grandview Park, Kunming
Exercise in Grandview Park, Kunming		 Musician playing to nobody in particular
Musician playing to nobody in particular		 Look at the musical notation!
Look at the musical notation!		 Pavilion in Grandview Park
Pavilion in Grandview Park		 Australian Tourists
Australian Tourists
From the bridge to the pavilion
From the bridge to the pavilion		 Hired electric boat
Hired electric boat		 Calligraphy demonstration
Calligraphy demonstration		 Pavilion and garden
Pavilion and garden		 Fast food, Grandview Park
Fast food, Grandview Park
Decisions, decisions!
Decisions, decisions!		 In the bonsai garden
In the bonsai garden		 Bonsai section, Grandview Park
Bonsai section, Grandview Park		 Bonsai child and family
Bonsai child and family		 Boy with a toy car and watchful parents
Boy with a toy car and watchful parents
Useful sign
Useful sign		 Workmen in Grandview Park
Workmen in Grandview Park		 Kunming housing from the 1970s
Kunming housing from the 1970s		 Street scene, old (70s) Kunming
Street scene, old (70s) Kunming		 Vicki, our guide in Kunming
Vicki, our guide in Kunming
Solar heating popular and conspicuous
Solar heating popular and conspicuous

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