Pictures from China Trip

[Scott]

Hi Everybody!

I posted here, and got some great help in choosing a new laptop computer that I wanted to take on a trip to China. I promised to post some pictures from that trip, and here they are. I hope you enjoy them! Let me know if you have any questions.

Scott.

 

[Rolandranch]

Beautiful pictures! They remind me of my trip in 2011.

 

[Jim15]

Great pictures. Looks like a great place to visit.

 

[mark james]

Thanks for posting these Scott.

I suspect you had a wonderful trip - we all should be so blessed to experience other cultures, and appreciate what can be learned from other countries. Beautiful scenes.

 

[Penultimate]

Beautiful pictures. I think I saw the photo of the terraced land in a martial arts movie. [emoji2]


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[Scott]

The terraces are at Longji. Our hotel there was up on the side of a mountain, and you had to walk up to it. A half an hour, up the mountain, but there were steps most of the way. I bought myself a new comb there, made out of some native hardwood. They had lots of stuff made of water buffalo horn, but when I saw the wood one, I had to have it!

Scott.

 

[Rolandranch]

What part(s) of China did you visit? You must have had a great view from your hotel.

 

[TonyL]

Amazing! Thank you.

 

[Scott]

What part(s) of China did you visit? You must have had a great view from your hotel.

We went all over! We started with two nights in Quilin in southern China. Then one night at Longji where the rice terraces are. Then we travelled to Xian which is more in the west. Xian used to be the Imperial capital, and that is where the Terra Cotta Warriors are. Then we finished up with four nights in Beijing. Our hotel was only about two blocks from the Olympic venues.

It was a fabulous trip! And the best part was the people! Wonderful people! If you have the opportunity to go, I urge you to do it!

Scott.

 

[SteveG]

Wow Scott...GREAT scenes, and excellent photography. I will make plans to go see that part of the world!

 

[Rolandranch]

We went all over! We started with two nights in Quilin in southern China. Then one night at Longji where the rice terraces are. Then we travelled to Xian which is more in the west. Xian used to be the Imperial capital, and that is where the Terra Cotta Warriors are. Then we finished up with four nights in Beijing. Our hotel was only about two blocks from the Olympic venues.

It was a fabulous trip! And the best part was the people! Wonderful people! If you have the opportunity to go, I urge you to do it!

Scott.

Neat! Sounds like an amazing trip you had! I toured China once with the Tucson AZ Boys Chorus when I was 11. Though we were very busy with concerts, we still had a lot of time for sight-seeing. We went to Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Huzhou, and Shanghai. We were in the cities for the most part and didn't get to see all the beautiful hills like in your pictures. We did climb part of the Great Wall, see the Forbidden City and the Beijing National Stadium and several other cool sites though. One of my most memorable parts was bartering with the Chinese street vendors.

 

[Woodchipper]

Thanks for the story and photos. My son has been in China on two occasions on business. He said it was a totally different experience from living in the USA. Won't go into details but he did visit one factory- went to the men's room and one of the sinks had two live fish it. Lunch for someone. The last time, they had some time to sight-see and visited the Great Wall. He is a mechanical engineer and said the wall was nothing short of amazing and awesome.
Edit: Forgot to mention- my son doesn't like Chinese food.

 

[zaqdesigns]

Love the pics! Looks like you had a blast

 

[D.Oliver]

Great pics! What is the second to last one?

 

[Scott]

Great pics! What is the second to last one?

Hi Derek!

That was kind of an artsy one I took. It was a window in a men's restroom at the Summer Palace, where plants had grown up on the other side of the obscure glass. Just thought it looked cool!

Scott.