Hong Kong: a brief glimpse at a happier time
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Return to Yunnan, SW China, 2018
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Traversing Tibet (4 galleries)
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Beijing, 'Northern Capital'
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Shanghai, 2013
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Historic villages of Huizhou, 2013
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Chengdu, Sichuan, 2013
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Bamboo Sea, Sichuan, 2013
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Henan, northern China, 2008
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Shanxi, northern China, 2008
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Xi'an, an ancient Chinese capital
Bamboo Sea, Sichuan, 2013
My hotel in the gateway village of Wanling |
Entrance to a cable car terminal |
Aboard the Guanguang cable car |
Guanguang cable car |
Stone-flagged paths between the bamboos |
Husks shed by the bamboos must once have been put to practical use |
Bamboo groves in early evening |
Bamboo groves in early evening |
Bamboo forest |
Variations on a theme... |
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Hints of autumn colour speckled across the bamboo canopy |
Streams trickle over sandstone beds |
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Diaxiagu cable car crosses a forested gorge |
Sandstone cliffs flank a deep gorge |
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A Buddhist temple clings to the sandstone cliffs of the gorge |
Buddha effigy tucked under a cliff overhang |
Boddhisattvas carved into the rock face |
Lakes within the bamboo forests |
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A lone butterfly |
Strange forest produces sold from countless wayside stalls |
Traditional herbal remedies |
Large mounds of these fungi are piled up outside some village stores |
Sedan chair bearer asleep between jobs |
Dressed up for a day out in the forests... |
Big day out... |
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