P4060001.jpgStone lion guarding the North gate of the Summer Palace. |
P4060002.jpgDarren and Cheah infront of Su Zhou street. |
P4060003.jpgSu Zhou street is made as a replica of the streets of Su Zhou, Venice of the Orient. |
P4060004.jpgThe street is actually built so that the emperor can play make-believe. He will pretend to be shopping and the eunuchs will pretend to be shopkeepers. |
P4060005.jpgBridge over Su Zhou street. |
P4060007.jpgThe street is qute pretty, but it is hard to imagine that everything here is made for the pleasure of one man. |
P4060009.jpgDarren again. |
P4060011.jpgPavilion on a man-made hill. |
P4060012.jpgMan selling Calligraphy. |
P4060013.jpgMan-made nature. |
P4060015.jpgBridge at Suzhou Street. |
P4060016.jpgThe shops at Suzhou Street. |
P4060023.jpgLooking up towards the peak. Can you spot the lovers? |
P4060033.jpgMe on the roof. |
P4060034.jpgLooking back towards Beijing City in the background. |
P4060035.jpgThrough the arch. |
P4060040.jpgAnother shot at Fuo Xiang Ge. Many many more shots to come. |
P4060044.jpgAnother view. |
P4060050.jpgMe going to take a shot cut down the hill. |
P4060051.jpgLooking back up. |
P4060053.jpgDarren resting halfway down the hill. |
P4060057.jpgLong long way down. |
P4060058.jpgLooking up at Fo Xiang Ge. |
P4060060.jpgSome nice old building, now a posh restuarant. |
P4060062.jpgMarble boat in Western Style built for the pleasures of the Empress CiXi. |
P4060063.jpgKun Ming Lakeside. |
P4060066.jpgSailing across Kun Ming lake. Looking at Fo Xiang Ge. |
P4060071.jpgA little girl sitting beside me in the ferry. |
P4060073.jpgBeside Kun Ming lake. The man-made lake. |
P4060074.jpgThe bridge with seventeen arches. |
P4060080.jpgAnother shot of the majestic stone lions. |
P4060077.jpgCheah and Darren at the bridge. |
P4060081.jpgLooking at Ku Ming Lake on Hill of Longevity. They made the hill with the earth that they dug out while making the lake. |
P4060083.jpgLakeside view. |
P4060087.jpgThe bronze Ox. Guardian against floods. |
P4060096.jpgWen Chang gate. |